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Blogs from Riohacha, Colombia, South America
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March 12th 2013
Guajira is a place located in north of Colombia or its the beginning of south america, it divided in low, half and high the high territory is the one with Saharan desert, that means with Dunes and all that stuff, very hot the half territory is the one which has the capital Rioacha and other town called Maicao which has a big concentration of Muslim people, its like a part of middle east in S.A and the low territory has more vegetation and its humid. Maicao has one of the most important mosque in south america, with Arabian art style Rioacha, the capital has nice houses and small parks, also has a small port; in the streets there are some wayuu selling things at $1 about 3 km or more from Rioacha, we find where the ... read more
August 6th 2011
Riohacha, Colombia We caught the bus to Riohacha on the side of the road. The bus was a nice air-conditioned ride. The landscaped gradually changed from lush tropical rainforest to barren grasslands. Riohacha is the capital of Colombia's La Guajira province... it is a semi desert landscape and has a small population. Riohacha is nothing much really, just a gateway to the more remote and stunning areas of the province. We arrived and checked into "El Castillio de Mar", literally, the castle by the sea. And it was actually such, but by appearance only. It was also surrounded by chain link fence, which was surprising as Riohacha appears quite safe! We had dinner, bought some supplies for the upcoming adventure to the top of the continent, and have a few beers while we wait to hear ... read more
April 23rd 2011
I've been getting lazy of late... I stayed in Santa Marta for an extra day, which really could have been avoided if I'd pulled my finger out when I'd returned from the Lost City. Now I was leaving to go to Riohacha. One of the staff from the hostel suggested I should stop on the way at Palomino, a beautiful wild beach. Only it was 15 minutes walk from the road (with the rucksack) and I wasn't sure I could be bothered. The other thing with Riohacha was that I knew there wasn't much there, but it was the entry point to la Guajira, a little visited area of Colombia near Venezuela. However, I was aware that my time was limited and I was hoping to get to French Guinea ASAP, so I'd decided to just ... read more
August 16th 2010
After two weeks in the city and days on rollercoaster roads in the cloud forests, what better antidote than a spot of ecotourism in the desert? And if it includes a visit to an ethnic minority, then so much the better! La Guajira is a peninsular that juts north into the Caribean Ocean around the border between Colombia and Venezuela. What particular microclimate has produced this desert surrounded by jungle I don´t understand, but I do know that it contains a small area where a mountain range rises out of the desert and and sustains its own cloud forest with fresh water streams that run down into the desert and dry up. We found Kaí Ecotravel in the Lonely Planet, phoned, and booked a tour without paying a deposit. Thus we flew from chilly Bogotá to ... read more
July 28th 2009
jo, da hab ich voll meine kleine reise mit meiner geliebten spanischlehrerin und einige kleine events in santa marta vergessen. die events waeren surfen und bingo :) geniesst die bilder... read more
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October 22nd 2008
Hey everyone! So sorry for the delay on the latest blog. This past month we’ve been on the coast living from hostel to hostel and beach to beach.... such a hard life, I know. But seriously, getting time to sit down and write this has been quite difficult. We are now back in Bogota for a few days. Lara´s sister Vicky and boyfriend Eric will be arriving this Thursday to Bogota for about 12 days. We can’t wait until they get here and show them around. Since our last blog we had just left the gorgeous Parque Tayrona, and headed to Taganga where some of our luggage was stored at a hotel. We spent one night there, and then headed out to Riohacha, the capital of Colombia’s northernmost province, La Guajira. La Guajira is known here ... read more
November 17th 2007
Nous étions donc partis à la conquête du bout du bout de la Colombie et effectivement c’ était bien le bout du bout : voyage très long et pénible, pour finalement le bout du monde, cad pas grand chose.... Nicolas (c est moi qui écrit, c est mon tour...) était donc d abord un peu dégoûté... puis finalement Sabine quand elle s’ est aperçue que les Indigènes n étaient pas très sympas et qu’ ils tuaient les tortues géantes devant nos yeux en se promenant sur la plage.... Là elle s’est vraiment énervé et on est reparti dans l’autre sens pour de nouvelles heures interminables de pick up (à l’arrière) et de bus on a failli littéralement grillés.... (Sabine très énervée là aussi) avant de réussir à ouvrir la fenêtre par miracle ! Tout cela sans ... read more
July 4th 2007
We tried to make it to the Venezuelan boarder but time and the heat prevented it. We found a hotel, near to where the collectivos leave for the boarder. The earliest one left at 6 am so planned to be on that one. We went for a walk around town and found the ocean. We walked out onto a pier that went out for ages. There were boats tied up at the end and kids fishing. It was like Tologa except it was made of wood, it was much cooler out at the end. Looking back at land the beach was covered in coconut trees and really looked beautiful. Walking back to the hotel we came across something going on. It turned out to be a funeral so we walked through the crowd into a plaza ... read more
