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Healthy, Fresh Colombian Fruit Juices

The highlight of Colombian cuisine is the 'jugo' or fruit juice. Jugos are served with every meal. They are served in jugo bars, in ice cream parlors and in the back of fruit stores.

2018-10-23

October 23, 2018

Pros & Cons: Renting an Apartment vs a Hotel stay

When staying for an extended period of time in Colombia there are many lodging options: hostels, pensions, hotels, residencias and apartments.

2018-11-01

November 1, 2018

Towns and Villages

Villa de Leyva and Mongui – the beautiful villages of Boyaca’

Boyacá is a cultural and historical heart of Colombia. It was once the center of the Muisca empire who the Spanish fiercely fought to appropriate their gold.

2018-10-18

October 18, 2018

Food, Wine and Agriculture

Colombia's Coffee Triangle - Best Places to Visit

Manizales-Pereira-Armenia: a big tourist attraction in Colombia is an exploration of the Zona Cafetera, the 'Triangulo del Café' or the Coffee Triangle.

2018-10-13

October 13, 2018

Cities

Bogota and Zipaquira’- are they worth seeing?

I've been to Bogota more times than I care to count, so many times that when traveling in Colombia these days I'm doing my best to avoid it.

2018-10-28

October 28, 2018

Cities

Medellin: the Land of Eternal Spring

Is a dynamic, contemporary, prosperous city of 2.6 million people in Antioquia, Colombia – the heart of Colombia’s famous coffee triangle.

2018-10-31

October 31, 2018

Towns and Villages

Beautiful Villages and Colonial Towns in Santander, Colombia

Off the beaten path Santander, a Colombian department, is rarely visited. Santander is on the east side of Colombia between two mountain ranges one of which borders Venezuela

2018-10-17

October 17, 2018

Best of Colombia

My Favorite Photos of Colombia

2024-05-09

May 9, 2024

River Towns

Wild Water Adventure Tours in the Canyons of Mesetas

is emerging as a new water sport destination for adventure tourism in Colombia.

2024-04-10

April 10, 2024

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COLOMBIA

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

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