What to see, do, and eat in Cartagena? All valid questions! Luckily we have Dale from The Maritime Explorer who has recently returned from an Adventures Abroad trip to Colombia and is kind enough to share his insights with our readers.
Old town Cartagena’s clock tower, or Torre Del Reloj.
Ever wondered what Colombia’s Caribbean city is like? Read on as we’ve got another instalment by Dale of The Maritime Explorer on a Colombia and Panama tour.
High in the Andean foothills, in a region bathed equally in sunshine and a cloud forest, we follow Dale from The Maritime Explorer as he shares his recent experience on an Adventures Abroad Colombia tour. Thank you kindly to Dale for allowing us to reshare his experience on our blog.
Ever wondered what a rural town in the heart of Colombia’s coffee region would be like? Join us as we follow Dale from The Maritime Explorer to verdant hills with a quaint village on a tour to Salento, Colombia. Thanks for sharing your experiences with us, Dale!
Not every piece of art is beautiful to every person. But it almost always can invoke some sort of emotion and usually, a conversation. We’re pleased to present a blog written by Dale of The Maritime Explorer on a recent tour to Colombia with a stop at the Botero Museum. Thanks for sharing with us Dale!
Bogota’s Plaza de Bolivar’s first building dates back to 1539 and was a primitive cathedral.
Have you ever been on the hunt for El Dorado, the lost city of gold? Perhaps we all have been intrigued by this precious metal over the years.
Tumaco jaguar mask thought to date back to 700 BC.
Have you ever took the time to appreciate the street art while travelling? On a recent Colombia tour, we did just that. In another instalment from a wonderful trip to Colombia, we join Dale from The Maritime Explorer as he describes the street art encountered on his travels through Bogota. We hope in sharing his blog written from a recent departure, you enjoy this piece as much as we do.
Time for another wonderful installment from a member of our recent trip to Colombia. Written by travel writer Dale Dunlop who joined our intrepid group on a remarkable exploration early 2018.
The Sanctuary of Monserrate is a Catholic Shrine located in Bogota, Colombia, and built between 1650 and 1657. If you’d like to visit, it’s possible to walk the 1.5 miles to the top of the mountain. If that sounds too strenuous, it’s possible to take the funicular or a cable car.
What better way to learn about a place than from first-hand accounts. We recently were fortunate enough to be joined on a Colombia tour by writer and lifelong learner Dale Dunlop who was kind enough to share his impressions of Columbia with us.
Inside one of the Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira (Catedral de Sal) tunnels. This salt mine began its life around 500 BC, well before the cathedral was built in 1932.
For us at Adventures Abroad, our clients mean the world to us. With small groups capped at 18 people, we get the chance to meet some truly wonderful folks and feel privileged to share our journeys with lifelong learners who are as passionate about travel as we are. We recently were fortunate to be joined by a Dale Dunlop who was kind enough to share his impressions of Columbia with us.
Bogota’s Mercado de Paloquemao, as legend has it, was named after a large dry tree which had burned down. The market originated in 1946, and is in its present location going back to 1967.