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Colombia

COLOMBIA | Sun, 1 Sep 2013 | By coggos | Views [4085] | Comments [2]

        I think we are both quite surprised by the size and modernity of Cartegena when we arrive. We have just spent 5-6 days sailing from Panama to Colombia and because we have arrived late we decide to spend our last ... Read more >

Tags: bogota, cali, columbia, cuidad perdida, palomino, popayan, salento, san gil, tayrona, villa de leya

Getting to know the new country – Bogota, Villa de Leyva, San Gil

COLOMBIA | Sun, 26 Aug 2012 | By kamzam | Views [2408]

A quick flight to Bogota from Leticia (there is no other route) meant getting a slight temperature shock on arrival. I went from close to 40 degrees to 15… It also meant getting further away from Brazil and settling into travel in a new country.... Read more >

Tags: barrichara, bogota, colombia, on the road, raquira, san gil, villa de leyva

Bogotá to Santa Marta

COLOMBIA | Tue, 24 Jan 2012 | By sally-annephillips | Views [4204] | Video

In the seven days it took to arrive from Bogot á I spent about 22 hours on buses and progressed about 900 kilometres (depending on your source) to Santa Marta. (This doesn’t include my side trip to Villa de Leiva.) Being on holidays, I chose to use ... Read more >

Tags: colombia, san alberta, san gil, south america, trave, tunja, vliia de lieva

Adventure capital of Colombia...San Gil

COLOMBIA | Sun, 10 Apr 2011 | By moomazza | Views [5788]

I arrived here rather unamused after a 17 hour bus journey....I always knew it would be a killer as I'd gone such a strange route across the coast and back.  The road was bumpy and the suspension squeaky....goodness knows how I got any sleep at all! ... Read more >

Tags: adventure sports, barichara, big arsed ants, colore hormigas, poker, rain, rappelling, san gil

All things sweet and plump and slightly surreal

COLOMBIA | Sun, 26 Sep 2010 | By ryanandjo | Views [3994] | Comments [2]

Medellin was notoriously known for being the most dangerous city in the world during the 1980’s and 90’s because it was ruled by Pablo Escobar 's Medellin cocaine cartel. Today the city is a thriving place and safe for travellers and the ... Read more >

Tags: arequipe, barichara, bogota, botero, gold, guane, medellin, pablo escobar, san gil

 

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Baptism - After the deities have been on display in elaborate and colourful dress around the city for the festival week, they are brought back to the Ganges. For this whole day, there are several popular ghats along the river bank where truckloads of locals arrive amid the throng of bhajans and the ecstasy of celebration. Colourful powder is thrown in the air, as people sing and dance in the street. Once the deities are offloaded, the men bring them down to the water. A microcosm of the Hindu idea of reincarnation, once the festival is over, the deities are unceremoniously and dumped in the Ganges, from whence they came. : by fahyje, Views[1063]
Baptism - After the deities have been on display in elaborate and colourful dress around the city for the festival week, they are brought back to the Ganges. For this whole day, there are several popular ghats along the river bank where truckloads of locals arrive amid the throng of bhajans and the ecstasy of celebration. Colourful powder is thrown in the air, as people sing and dance in the street. Once the deities are offloaded, the men bring them down to the water. A microcosm of the Hindu idea of reincarnation, once the festival is over, the deities are unceremoniously and dumped in the Ganges, from whence they came.

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