Colombia Tips & articles

Tips & articles

  1. YOUR top 10 countries for 2010

    19 November 2009

    A couple of weeks ago, we published our list of hot destinations for 2010. You sure had a lot to say!...

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  2. Lonely Planet: Roads Less Travelled Colombia itinerary

    04 November 2009

    Having weathered years of civil strife and daunting press, Colombia has only recently reappeared on the...

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  3. Ride ‘em, Cowboy: Valledupar’s vaquero culture

    27 October 2009

    Smack-bang between the Andes and the Caribbean coast, the dry plains of Valledupar were home to South...

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  4. Nabusimake: indigenous Colombia

    27 October 2009

    Stepping off the bus at Pueblo Bello on the foothills of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, you sense...

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  5. Medellín’s cultural renaissance

    27 October 2009

    In the heyday of Medellín’s notorious cocaine cartel, 4000 people were assassinated a year, including...

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  6. Tejo: Colombia’s explosive national sport

    27 October 2009

    What do steel projectiles, screaming Colombian men, and explosives have in common? Well, besides the...

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  7. El Cocuy National Park

    27 October 2009

    Domenic Bonuccelli travelled to Colombia on assignment for Lonely Planet. You can follow his adventures...

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  8. Caffeine-fuelled travel: the world’s top coffee spots

    19 August 2009

    It inspires passion, opinion and addiction. It’s the world’s second most valuable commodity...

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  9. Top ten South American reads: a literary trip

    30 July 2009

    Fiction was invented the day Jonas arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because...

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  10. From Panama to Colombia…by boat

    28 July 2009

    Getting from Panama to Colombia without an airplane is no easy task. But rather than hot-footing it through...

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