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Money Changing Bogotá

7 Reviews We went into the hostel, got our room and once inside I sorted through the money and realized I had given him 50,000 too much! A queasy feeling came over me. I'm not used to being on the short end...

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Securty Bogotá

1 Review Security in the old town of Bogota is quite visibel with security and police with different uniforms. I was taking the photo and they came and asked to see my passport. I told them I am a tourist and...

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Internet Bogotá

1 Review I had horrible memory of paying 5 USD per hour in Havana. Internet seemed like a luxury. Without browsing anywhere in Caracas, I browsed here again. It seemed cheap to me. In the old town there are...

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Sending Mail from Colombia

by wavesport

If you want to mail a postcard, letter or package from Cartagena to the USA or anywhere else, the information in the LP Guidebook (edition 5) is incorrect. Surprisingly, the tourist information booth near Plaza de la Aduana gives out the same wrong information, i.e., Avianca / Deprisa on Av. Venezuela, Centro Edificio Citibank. I went there and they confirmed that they do not handle mail. Instead, mail service is handled by a private company called 4-72 La Red Postal de Colombia.There are two 4-72 La Red Postal de Colombia in Cartagena whose location I found on their website http://www.4-72.com.co => Nuestras Oficinas. They are in Getsemani and La Matuna. The Getsemani address is the closest in walking distance (10 minutes) from the clock tower in the Centro. The 4-72 office is located at # 8B-173 in the Edificio Villa AnaMaria.From the clock tower, walk across Avenida Blas de Lezo...

Barranquilla

by traveldave

Barranquilla is Colombia's largest and most important port city, and the country's fourth-largest city in population after Bogota, Medellin, and Cali. The population of the metropolitan area is about 2,170,000. The city is located on the west bank of the Magdalena River, about five miles (eight kilometers) south of where the river empties into the Caribbean Sea.Unlike most Colombian cities, Barranquilla was not founded during Spanish colonial times. Its official date of establishment is 1813 (at which time it was incorporated as a village) but the area had been settled since about 1629. During the 1800s, Barranquilla quickly grew to be the second-largest city in the country as a result of its port. Port facilities were constantly built and updated, and the mouth of the river was dredged to accommodate increasingly larger ships. The importance of the city's port facilities led to its...

stop we did to smell its wonderful fragrance

by richiecdisc

The fifth day was the last one we would have to truly worry about. If we made it to Laguna de la Plaza, we were home free navigation-wise. The weather held up wonderfully and though we made it to the lake easily enough, walking around it to the camp was much more physically demanding than we had imagined. Again, we passed out at camp too late to really enjoy it but thankfully the next morning we were rewarded with a near mirror-like reflection of the backdrop peaks of this 4000m lake, surely a virtual rough sea normally. The walk out was blissfully easy and we decided to bypass the last lake camp when whipping winds nearly blew us up the exit valley, choosing to get a simple room in the refugio.The rest of the trip around Colombia was a breeze after that. We both expressed wishes to go home then and there but we persevered to find a plethora of charming colonial towns in the trek's...

a sanity debate

by richiecdisc

We debated the sanity of heading out but we had just done an acclimation hike to the first pass and it had gone very well so we figured we'd go to the first lake and see how we felt. We had enough food and fuel to last over a week so the worst case scenario saw us camping there or the next lake for a few days and returning the way we had come. Of course, the hike to the pass was considerably harder with our very full packs. We had never done such a long trek before so our load was heavier than anything we had ever carried. Still, we made it to the lake even if it took longer than we had hoped for. Wild horses even greeted as in the last valley before the lake shore appeared on the horizon. The next day and pass were even harder but the lake and its camp an even greater reward. We were at a crossroads and we knew that to venture further would mean to complete the circuit rather than...

was it real or was it Memorex?

by richiecdisc

So, this time the trip was planned for the optimal weather, for the perfect season to trek in El Cocuy. The rest of Colombia would have to fall as it may. We trained for weeks in preparation and flew into Bogotá on New Year's Day. After a few days of acclimatizing there, we took a 15-hour bus ride to the small town of El Cocuy to further ready our lungs for the 4000m+ altitude we would find ourselves for the next couple weeks. We after all lived at sea-level and knew this was an especially crucial step for us. After we felt ready, we took the milk truck up to the refugio where we would start the trek, just as we had read about. As with many such things, it felt a bit like a dream. Was it real or was it Memorex, I wasn't really sure.We set up camp at the refugio and planned another few days of acclimation day hikes. I met a ranger who spoke English and he further gave me confidence that...

the quest to meet those conditions faithfully

by richiecdisc

In 2007, I started to make inroads towards doing the trek. I was in contact with a couple of guides and a few people I knew if only cursorily through the Internet had been to Colombia even if not in this particular area. So, I made contact with the guy who had written the book that had led me to El Cocuy in the first place. He admitted he had not been there in many years and that his knowledge was surely dated but still warned against doing it alone unless I was very experienced. Of this I wasn't really sure so I looked for a suitable guide but when he pushed me for a commitment and one for a much later date than I really wanted, I backed off. The weather which sounded awful at best would likely be even more so when he wanted me to go and I just figured the time was not right and went off to Ecuador instead.In 2010, after a lot more trekking experience in both North and South America...

El Cocuy was not for the meek but so for me

by richiecdisc

Colombia has something for everyone with one of the most varied terrains of any country and a charming collection of colonial towns and vibrant cities. As much as I love such things, it is generally nature that leaves the biggest impression on me. Even in this regard, Colombia is unfairly endowed with some of the world's most pristine beaches, jungles, and alpine areas. Having grown up near beach areas, I now find myself more drawn to the mountains and in Colombia, the greatest of them all are those in El Cocuy National Park. This is what drew me to Colombia and it is easily my favorite thing from a trip full of great memories. Colombia was an odd trip for me. I had a vision of it for many years before finally getting there after never really having any inclination to go there. Funny how things transpire and how a photo, a few choice words can plant a seed in your mind that grows and...

Bogota

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The area that would eventually become Bogota was first settled by the local Muiscas Indians, and their settlement, called Bacatá, was the center of their civilization. The Spanish, lured by gold, arrived in South America in the 1500s to establish colonies. In 1538, a Spanish settlement was founded by Gonzálo Jiménez de Quesada on the site of the former Muiscas settlement. The new Spanish settlement was called Santa Fé de Bacatá. (Santa Fé was the town in Spain that Jiménez was from). Eventually, Bacatá was corrupted to Bogota, and its official name became Santa Fé de Bogota.Bogota was elevated to the capital of the New Kingdom of Granada, which was part of the Viceroyalty of Peru at the time. Later it became the capital of the Viceroyalty of New Grenada. The city became one of the most important centers of power in Spain's South American colonies.From 1810 to 1811, the inhabitants...

Don't be scared off by travel warnings

by StephanB

We only decided to travel to Colombia after we arrived in South America for a 9 month trip. Everybody we ran into on the road in Ecuador told us that a South America trip would not be complete without including Colombia. All we had heard was that the country was very dangerous and that we would be kidnapped or at least have everything stolen. I'm glad we ignored the "travel warnings" because Colombia was the friendliest country we visited in all of South America. We stopped counting the times that Colombians would invite us to travel with them, or the times that we were taken around small towns by the locals. We have never felt so welcomed in a country as we did in Colombia.

Flowers of Colombia

by elsadran

I love flowers! I seldom pick them. I like taking photos of them and smelling them. Flowers are the smiles of Nature! Colombia is privileged with a mild climate that favours the growth of beautiful colourful flowers many of which are also seen in the Mediterranean parts, where I come from.Some verses:A morning glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books - Walt WhitmanIf you have never been thrilled to the very edge of your soul by a flower in spring bloom, then maybe your soul has never been in bloom...- Audra FoveoA flower- so delicate in form yet strong in fragrance, so small in size yet big in beauty, so short in life yet long on effect!- Adabella RadiciBread feeds the body, indeed, but flowers feed the soul... - The KoranThe violets in the mountains have broken the rocks!!! - Tenessee williamsPluck not the wayside flower; It is the travelers dower. - Willliam...

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101 Park House Bogotá

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SOFITEL SANTA CLARA Cartagena

7 Reviews and 266 Opinions This is a beautiful hotel but not worth the money to stay here...especially not worth having your...

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InterContinental Hotel Cali Cali

5 Reviews and 52 Opinions This is the best place to stay in Cali. Although it's the only place I have stayed in Cali, I have...

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