Llamas are amusing. Their faces and glance have a gesture that somehow makes them human. They are elegant, serious, and calm. They also have a very formal posture and they movements are sophisticated. They march as marionettes. In Colombia, the country where I grew up, the llamas are not as popular as in Peru, [...]
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One of the highest lakes in the Andes is located in the south of Colombia, in the region of Nariño, at 2820 meters over the sea level. The tribe of Quiyasingas who used to live in this area before the Spaniards arrived, called this lake La Cocha, which simply means the lake. La Isla [...] The Republic of Colombia has a long history of violence that goes back to its birth in 1810 and expands through more than two centuries. Colombians have grown up in the middle of an armed conflict that has had different phases, cycles, and scales. The last decade has been a phase characterized by spectacular military [...] The journey of cumbia, a rhythm from the Caribbean coast of Colombia, across the Americas is an interesting example of the power of Caribbean music to transcend national borders and provide inspiration for the emergence of new music styles. During the second half of the 20th century, cumbia was appropriated and hybridized in Argentina, Mexico, [...] In January, during my stay in Bogota, I traveled to Zipaquira with my family and a group of friends from the Netherlands who were visiting us. They were interested in seeing a Salt Cathedral that has been built underground the Andes mountains, and that according to several tourist books, is considered one of the Colombian [...] One of the highlights of my recent trip to Colombia was the visit to the National Park Corales del Rosario and San Bernardo. A natural reservation of choral reefs in the warm waters of the Caribbean and a collection of little islands with beautiful beaches, lagoons, and vegetation. We stayed in one of these islands, [...] I have been back in my homeland, Colombia, and I have been on the road and on the streets re-visiting some towns and cities. I received the new year 2012 in Cartagena de Indias, a city in the Caribbean coast plenty of history (founded in 1533 by by Spanish commander Pedro de Heredia in the [...] |
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