The Rio Magdalena is not just the country’s main artery; it’s the reason Colombia exists as a nation . . . the Magdalena is both a corridor of commerce and a fountain of culture, the wellspring of Colombian music, literature, poetry, and prayer. Wade Davis, “Magdalena: River of Dreams: A Story of Colombia” The mighty Magdalena from a high bluff a few miles out of Honda. With this glimpse, we had come full circle. After our visit to the fabulous Salt Cathedral near Bogota, we headed northwest to Honda in the department of Tolima. Situated on the banks of the Magdalena River, Honda was the last Pueblo Patrimonio (officially designated heritage town) we would visit on our epic August road trip through southeastern Colombia. On the way, we made a lunch stop in another interesting heritage town, Guaduas. (We’ll cover Guaduas in a future post about other cool towns and places…
The upper view of the massive main cathedral After Villa de Leyva, our epic road trip through eastern Colombia began to wind down. We…
Villa de Leyva’s vast plaza is the largest in Latin America. The main church, Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Rosario (at right) is more…
The Basilica of Our Lady of Monguí and adjacent convent, which now houses a museum. On our way to the heritage town of Monguí,…
We worked hard to get to Barichara! From Bucaramanga, we traveled south through a magnificent canyon carved by the Rio Sogamoso to the scenic…
The view from atop our hotel From the picturesque village of Doradal, Colombia’s own Santorini, we traveled north – following the Magdalena River for…
WE BE TRAVELING!! As we’ve mentioned before, we’ve decided to see as much of Colombia as we can while international travel is still “iffy.”…
Lovely and historic Austin, Texas is the closest thing John and I have to a home base in the U.S. Since most of my…
A couple of weeks ago, we spent a few days in one of our favorite sections of Colombia’s Caribbean coast: an area in Magdalena…
When does a goat roll on four wheels and an old Ford chassis? When it’s a Colombian chiva! Since publishing our April news post,…