TOP COLOMBIA TIPS

TOP COLOMBIA TIPS 5 GPS WALKING TOURS IN COLOMBIA, JUST BYOD : BYOD means “ bring your own device ” and in Colombia you can use your mobile to do GPS tours at Bogotá and Cartagena de Indias. It is a new trend for worldwide touristic destinations, to use the technology of GPS already loaded on the mobiles of the tourists, to deliver stories thru the location aware system that is available with no data need all around the planet. Now with the GPS and the App technology tourists can download a city tour, a museum guidance, bike rides, and many other uses with their own phone. I want to share with you my stories of Bogotá (founded in 1538), the city where I was born and some of the history related to the sites where we will go in the tour. There are 3 Bogotá GPS audio-tours that will guide you by the capital of Colombia, a city where almost 10 million people lives. Colonial Bogotá, La Candelaria Edit route by  Néstor Meléndez...

TOP COLOMBIA TIPS Essential Cartagena. “Old city and walls tour” Chapter 2 By: Néstor Meléndez Soler https://www.gpsmycity.com/gps-tour-guides/cartagena-5045.html ·                  LA INDIA CATALINA: T he statue of La India Catalina is one of the top landmarks In Cartagena de Indias. It is a representation of a very important aborigine woman in the history of this city. The statue was created and sculpted in 1961 by the city artist Hector Lombana, who designed it as a handheld trophy , requested by the organizers to be the prize award for the International Movie festival of Cartagena . In 1974, it was casted in bronze by Eladio Gil, and that is the feminine figure you can now see over the pedestal. The winners of the now movie and television festival keep on being awarded with the small version as the prize for every category. As an analogy, it can be said that the...

CARTAGENA DE INDIAS, TESORO DE LEYENDAS, RELIQUIA COLONIAL Por: Néstor Meléndez Soler Para Top Colombia Tips C artagena de Indias es una ciudad que los españoles hicieron para poder resguardar las riquezas que traían desde los Virreinatos de Lima y Bogotá. Su geografía permitía que quienes la defendían de los ataques de los piratas lo hicieran con mayor facilidad, y debido a este motivo, los ingenieros militares españoles decidieron fortificarla para asegurarla aún más de la codicia de los bucaneros. Cartagena fue amurallada y fortificada como ninguna otra en América , y es una de las más conservadas y restauradas. Caminar en Cartagena es recrear la historia y quienes la disfrutan, pasan momentos en los cuales pueden sentir lo que vivieron quienes la habitaron desde las épocas de la colonia. Hoy, esta hermosa ciudad del caribe colombiano, es una urbe que mezcla lo antiguo y clásico con lo moderno. En ella los turistas pueden sentirse como piratas que se toman C...

5 FOODS YOU HAVE TO TASTE WHEN VISITING COLOMBIA: Colombia is an incredible country, the variety of nature, and the warmth of its people, makes it, a very special place on earth, and is a touristic jewel to be visited. There are no seasons in Colombia, as is located between the tropics and in the equatorial zone; there are only rainy or dry months, and temperature goes from very hot to freezing, depending on the altitude of the location. So, because of this circumstances, the culture, and the food is different according to the region where you are at. In the next lines you will know what foods you will have to eat, if you want to taste the flavors, when visiting Colombia for a short period of time. 1- BANDEJA PAISA: The Bandeja Paisa is a full combo of food that will leave you completely satisfied. It has as many ingredients as you can dream and they all taste good. Let’s start; it has red beans, white rice, carne en polvo (cooked grounded meat), chicharró...