My mission was to find some lovely buried mountain treasure and tell you all about it. This would be an equally difficult decision, because there are so many of those, too. The whole Colombian sierra is intoxicating and luscious. But I finally organized my top picks to come up with a clear king of them all, Barichara.
Author: Emilie Velastegui
Emilie Velastegui is a travel writer and researcher. When not traveling and writing, she helps mostly foreign universities coordinate field research in biology and social studies. She also frequently heads off to Eastern Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil, where she says "the snakes are radically cool."
Getting to Mompox, Colombia by Bus | The Fantasy Island of Yesteryear
Back in the day (like 250 years ago) Mompox, Colombia was the upriver hideaway for the wealthy patrons of Cartagena. When the pirates came to bay, the high society would sneak away where their secret gold lay. Today, it’s still much the same. You can drive all around it and never know it was there.… Continue reading Getting to Mompox, Colombia by Bus | The Fantasy Island of Yesteryear
Tolu | The Best Beach town to visit in Colombia
“Huh?” I asked after my third or fourth trip to Cartagena. “Why is it I’m not seeing many Colombians come to visit this treasure of a town (Tolu Peace Beach)?” My friend from Medellín smirked, then talked out of the corner of her mouth. “Cartagena is too ‘rico’ for Colombians. We have our own playground… Continue reading Tolu | The Best Beach town to visit in Colombia
