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Arepas: Colombia's Iconic Food

"Arepa, arepa, arepa" the street vendor sings on the street. Welcome to Colombia, the home of the arepa.

October 22, 2018

Arts & Crafts Destinations

Why is the Panama hat made in Ecuador?

Every country in Latin America makes straw hats. Colombia's coffee region has its famous straw hat. But even more famous is Panama's straw hat.

August 24, 2017

Hot/Thermal Springs

Banos, Ecuador - thermal baths - hot springs

Banos is a small village with a population of 18,000. The locals call it a little piece of heaven and travelers who come here invariably end up staying longer than intended.

August 23, 2017

Travel Southern Colombia: Cali, Popayan, Pasto

Southern Colombia, while on the Pan American Highway heading to Ecuador, is often overlooked, done in a transitional hurry – a night in Cali, a night in Popayan a night in Pasto –brutal trip really - then onto Ecuador.

October 16, 2018

Ecuador's Pacific Coast and it's beautiful beaches

A lot of people write off Ecuador's Pacific coast. It’s too hot, the skies are grey and then there was that awful earthquake. It is hot – in the 90s. Nowhere closer to the sun than here.

Santa Marta and the Beaches

Santa Marta is a 5 hour bus ride from Cartagena past Barranquilla driving up the Atlantic coast.

October 24, 2018

Arts & Crafts Destinations

The Market of Otavalo, Ecuador

Otavalo, a village in northern Ecuador two hours from the Colombian border, hosts the largest and most famous textile market in all of South America every Saturday.

Travel to the beaches of Tolu'

Looking for beaches off the beaten path I came upon the town of Tolu. It’s a sleepy little tourist town 3 hours south of Cartagena on the Caribbean Gulf of Morrosquillo.

October 25, 2018

Travel Mompox: a backwater river town frozen in time

About five hours inland from the Caribbean coast is the intriguing town of Mompox - a perfectly preserved colonial town.

October 14, 2018

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COLOMBIA

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This is a blog with over 85 articles with photos on Colombian destinations. For a traveler, Colombia is the best kept secret of the continent. It’s affordable and relatively undiscovered.

It is a country with so much to offer: history, beautiful scenery, mountains, coastlines, beaches, rainforests, abundant greenery, raging rivers, caves, sleepy colonial towns, hip, hot metropolitan cities, friendly and sophisticated people, archeological sites, excellent coffee and a wide array of fruits and vegetables to discover.

Hopefully the information provided herein will help convince more travelers to visit Colombia.

- Jon McInnes