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 One of our favorite countries so far! It has beautiful scenery, mountains, beaches, wildlife, colonial towns, modern malls, and great restaurants. What makes this country even better is the people, they are colorful, happy, friendly and genuine! This may explain why my brothers picked Colombian women and my sister a Colombian man!
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Aug 23th - 26th & Sept 3rd - Sept 4th 2006 | On flying in from Panama, we were spoilt rotten for a couple of days in Barranquilla with my sister-in-law's parents. Fed till we were full and then some. Luis and Margola took us all over town! We took a day trip to Santa Marta - great beaches, park, food. |
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Aug 27th - Sept 3rd 2006 | Cartagena port is where we picked up Hopper who arrived 5 days late. We ate well and hung out with a couple shipping the other way having driven up from Argentina. Within Cartagena is Antigua the old walled in city - a very beautiful and well preserved colonial town. Just about every square here had many typical dancers, full of energy and shaking every bone in their bodies! |
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Sept 6th - 10th 2006 | Bogota, home to Santiago Montoya and his wife Camila who were the ones who convinced us to come Colombia. This city was great - museums - restaurants - colonial sites - cable cars - malls. Well, you name it and you can find it here. Again, people were very polite, taxi drives very honest, delicious food, coffees, desert, etc. Modern and colonial. |
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Sept 11th - 13th 2006 |
In the land of Bambo - a heaven! if you are looking for peace and quiet, nature, bird watching, great hosts, this is the place. In the morning we could spend hours watching the different types of birds - think of a color and we saw a bird that colour. At Hacienda Bambusa, Soraida and Santiago's parents took great care of us - where once again we ate like royalty. |
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Sept 14th - 17th 2006 | Going south we decided to stop at Popayan and Pasto before crossing the border. In Popayan we met another great Colombian family that took us to the local colonial sites and hotspring. In Pasto we met William and his family, although William is wheelchair bound he was an inspiration. Look for him he is going to be a great artist. |
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