http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Santander/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Colombia , Santander en-us Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:05:38 +0000 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:05:38 +0000 When we found ourselves in the small colonial town of Barichara in the heartland of Columbia we were so utterly charmed by the friendly atmosphere and scenic setting that we decided to stay a week longer than planned really sticking to the plan of no plan. Barichara is a photographers dream. Set high on a sloping hillside whitewashed buildings line stonepaved narrow streets. The red roof ti http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Santander/Barichara/blog-394955.html Ok Chantal here it goes although I cannot promise anything. You see my socalled passive life leaves me no choice but spend days with little going on in my life. As usual you my friend are absolutely right and I must write some lines about that very little... well these days we or should I say they are celebrating the Holy Week. What a sinner I am...But before some of the background. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Santander/Bucaramanga/blog-389657.html Visiting the national park in Santander close to Bucaramanga the city i can never pronounce correctly according to all my colombian friends apparently one of the deepest valleys in the world after Grand Canyon obviously. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Santander/Bucaramanga/blog-381274.html Well it was our first Christmas away from home away from the usual excessive eating and drinking the delicious food and Christmas parties...in the land of rice and beans we were really worried that our Christmas dinner might be a sad 2 plate of chicken stew fried banana and a huge pile of white rice and some sort of beans. So we decided to splash out and rent a nice apartment for a few days wi http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Santander/blog-366766.html Wow I loved this experience I got to white water raft just outside of San Gil Colombia in the Rio Suarez...which at the moment has class 3 4 and 5 rapids...major white water....and it was my first time Such an adrenaline rush and mental challenge...along with a serious physical challenge. I don't remember the last time I worked both my mind and body so I went with a new friend from the hoste http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Santander/blog-323657.html The bus station in San Gil was dead when we arrived but we sussed out that buses passing through tout for business on the main road just below the park. We also found a bus company office opposite who go to Bucaramanga every half hour so on the morning we came to leave we dragged our heels walking down the road and when nothing passed it was a bit early for buses from Bogota to have got that far http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Santander/Giron/blog-317348.html Partida de MridaConfundo a enorme vontade de ficar com uma sensao estranha de bem estar. Partir para mim mais do que uma vontade um dever e um desafio. Por cada sitio que passo provo sempre a mesma sensao de angstia quando chega o momento de seguir. H sempre mais para ver mais para fazer conhecer. So demasiadas razes que me levam a colocar sempre a hiptese de ficar mais um dia http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Santander/Barichara/blog-27845.html