Here is the main page covering our visit to Colombia during our four-month stay in South America from December 2016 to April 2017 (including Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia), plus a slide show of pictures at the end.
For journal postings from Colombia, CLICK HERE.
Our month-long Itinerary took us far and wide within the country:
- Bogota
- San Agustin & Tierradentro – Archeological parks
- Popayán
- Cali
- Salento and Cocora Valley
- Medellin and Guatape
- Villa de Leyva
- Barichara & Chicamocha Canyon
- Cartagena
- Taganga, Tayrona National Park, and Santa Marta
You can browse the map below for where we’ve been in Colombia (and posted an article). Click a pushpin to find the posted articles from the marked locations.
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SLIDE SHOW HINT: If you’ve already seen the earlier pictures in the slide show, use the dot placemarks below the slides to jump around.
Cali street, San Antonio hill 
Central church of Cali at night 
Chapel of San Antonio, mid 18th c 
Enormous statue of Christ atop Cali hill 
Hernando Tejada’s El Gato del Rio, still presiding at the river 
A bride cat of Cali – an animal not in Bible 
A bride cat of Cali – 7 lives, and the scars to prove it 
Music and delight, streets of Cali 
Central church of Cali mid-day 
Celebration of Christmas, Cali 
Food for the eye and stomach, Cali Christmas 
Bogota: Celebrating indigenous culture with painting and sculpture 
Many artists filled this block long wall 
Concatenation of cats by APC crew 
Artist collaboration with Rodez’ many eyes 
Tronko’s mix of human and animal. 
Guache on the indigenous spirit under threat. 
Grinning El Pez next to protest against ruin to farms 
Tribute to the ubiquitous city shoe-shiners leaps out 
By Rodez, with tags and flaking paint, on Bogota’s oldest building. 
Recalling ancient native ceremony at Guatavita 
A fiery lion and hummingbird at a twig extending into an apartment. 
Cali’s Hill of Three Crosses 
Christmas in La Plata 
Christmas in Cali 
Christmas in Popayan 
Christmas in Bogota 
Bogota 
Christmas in San Agustin 
Raider of the found tomb, Tierradentro 
1 meter high guards vs. evil spirits at tomb entrance, San Agustin 
Hailing dawn at Chaquira with other carved figures at compass points 
Geometric designs in underground burial chamber, Tierradentro 
Detail from a myriad of figures carved into the gently sloped rock face within a stream, Lavapitas, San Agustin 
Over-sized shaman, with rainbow headdress, San Agustin 
Imaginary crocodile as tomb covering, San Agustin 
Life-sized shaman cloaked in animal spirits, San Agustin 
Hobbit-sized guardian, San Agustin 
Funerary pots for 2nd burial after decomposition, Tierradentro 
Contention of good vs. evil, about 2 meters tall, San Agustin 
Underground chamber carved from tufa rock, with painted walls, Tierradentro 
Tomb unearthed from burial mounds, with dolmen guardians and sarcophagus behind, San Agustin 
Carved sarcophagus, San Agustin 
El Estrecho, the narrows of the otherwise vast Magdalena, San Agustin 
La Chaquira, in the valleys of San Agustin 
A stunner in the forest 
Children of local farm workers, Tierradentro 
Crenellated hillside overlooking village near Tierradentro 
Scarlet so vivid it seems unreal 
A river canal runs through Bogota’s La Candelaria center 
Flowers bloom all year in the highlands 
Mix of primary and farmed landscape, Guatavita 
Magdalena River near Neiva heads to Venezuela 
El Estrecho on the Magdalena, San Agustin 
Creek crossing, Tierradentro 
Salto del Mortino waterfall drops 175 meters, near San Agustin 
Mask, Museo de Oro, Bogota 
Image of Huizca ritual at Guatavita 
Colorful Bogota streets 
Colorful Bogota streets 
Visiting Lake Guatavita, legendary El Dorado 
Rag and bone collector, Bogota 
White city of Popayan, site of Easter fiesta 
Family haircut, La Minorista, Medellin 
White city of Popayan 
Journalists’ Park and Bogota’s hills 
Scene of political assassination and riot, 1948 Bogota 
Trams hustle the poor residents of Santo Domingo to the city and back 
Santo Domingo neighborhood, Medellin 
Old two-story central market, La Minorista, 
Hauling the goods, La Minorista 
Early 19th c. Veracruz church and center for Medellin street prostitutes 
Botero Plaza, with one of his many outdoor sculptures, Medellin 
Palacio de la cultura, downtown Medellin 
Santo Domingo neighborhood 
Tramway connecting poorer hillside communities to central Medellin 
Medellin’s middle-class district 
City plaza with sculpture about Colombian history, central Medellin 
French fries and ketchup building, Medellin 
Meditative garden at LEED headquarters of Medellin utility 
Medellin’s new convention center and its city bikes 
Side chapel, Salt Cathedral 
Creation of man, Salt Cathedral 
Deposition, Salt Cathedral 
Entering the Salt Cathedral, Zipaquira 
Main nave, Salt Cathedral 
Rock-hopping trail, Tayrona 
Buttressing tree on the trail, Tayrona 
Arrecifes Beach, Tayrona National Park 
Studious Capuchin monkey, Tayrona 
Sunset lit hills of Taganga, at edge of Tayrona National Park 
Cristal Beach, Tayrona 
Street music has people rocking, Taganga 
Children of indigenous tribe, Tayrona National Park 
Old Cartagena looking quite new 
People fill the lively streets as day cools 
Fruit vendor in traditional costume 
At sunset, all seem to gather on the old Caribbean walls 
The old fort at edge of old town 
Clock tower, main gate of old fortified walls 
Colonial and Republican era balconies, Cartagena 
Cascade of vines over Cartgagena balconies 
Elegant mansions front Cartagena plazas 
Hip, colorful Getsemani district, Cartagena 
Central cathedral over Bolivar Plaza 
Cartagena, like stepping back in time 
Mansion of wealthy with plentiful vines 
Simon Bolivar Plaza, Cartagena 
DJLU street art, Cartagena 
Natural bridge on rock-hopping trail, Tayrona 
Paradise Beach, Tayrona 
Friendly eel, Tayrona 
Rockfish, Tayrona 
Curious Capuchin monkey 
Streets of hip Getsemani district, Cartagena 
Former mansion, Manga Island, Cartagena 
First burial place of Simon Bolivar, Santa Marta 
Phallic column, El Infiernito 
Pre-Columbian solar calendar, El Infiernito 
Fossilized Kronosaurios, Villa de Leyva 
Flintstones-style contemporary house, Villa de Leyva 
Interior, Casa de Picapiedras 
New Year’s Eve, Villa de Leyva 
Plaza Mayor, Villa de Leyva