Concepción, Colombia is yet another scenic and historic colonial town that feels worlds away – but it’s only a two-hour drive from our home in El Retiro or…
We loved our short visit to San Andres, Colombia a couple of weeks ago. We’ve been on a bit of a Caribbean kick lately. With the coronavirus pandemic…
For our first Christmas in El Retiro, a small town perched high in the Andes above the big city of Medellín, we want to share a few of…
How is it possible that it’s already November? Seems like yesterday that we wrapped up our epic road trip through southeastern Colombia. Through the month of August, we…
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…
The upper view of the massive main cathedral After Villa de Leyva, our epic road trip through eastern Colombia began to wind down. We had two more heritage…
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 unassuming than some of…
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 found ourselves once…
We worked hard to get to Barichara! From Bucaramanga, we traveled south through a magnificent canyon carved by the Rio Sogamoso to the scenic town of Zapatoca (we’ll…
The view from atop our hotel From the picturesque village of Doradal, Colombia’s own Santorini, we traveled north – following the Magdalena River for quite a while on…