Salento - Zona Cafetera February 16th 2009 I sometimes think I make a bad traveller as I always intend on going to somewhere just for a few days and then staying a lot longer! It makes keeping to a schedule very hard.
Salento really is a difficult place to leave though. There is an area in Colombia called Zona Cafeteria. It is the coffee making region for those of you who don´t speak fluent spanish like myself (ahem!!).
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South America » Colombia » Quindío » Salento Colombia was one of the three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Ecuador and Venezuela). A 40-year insurgent campaign to overthrow the Colombian Government escalated during the 1990s, undergirded in part... ... read more
I'm 31, live in Sydney and leaving for South America, Europe and Nepal in November for 6 months!
My plan is to spend 3.5 months in Brazil, Argenitina, Bolivia, Peru and Colombia followed by Madrid, Barcelona, Switzerland, Sweden, UK, Nepal, Hong Kong and Perth! ... full info