Blogs from Melgar, San Andres, Colombia, South America

Without doubt one of the best experiences of my life has been traveling to San Andres Island, one of the most exciting tourist destinations in Colombia, and more exactly enjoying of its precious beaches and visiting La Piscinita, a fascinating place full of nature and colors. From the moment I was arriving to the island I could see what people mean when they say that there is the seven colors’ sea. Wonderful beaches of white sand and shining water were at my complete disposal for enjoying there. In addition of that, I could find too many different typical beverages, the most of them made of coconut, and delicious seafood. There was very common to find out recipes with exotic ingredients like chontaduro and yutepan in each restaurant I went to. For me, a soccer ... read more

Island San Andres is a pearl of the Carribean sea. It belongs to Colombia, but is located in front of Nicaragua. Long time ago this island and nearby islands were a base of the pirates. In our times, some years ago, this island also had bad reputation, because of the Colombian drug dealers. They lived here in their big houses and used to laundry money. But right now Colombia has a strong police control against drug dealers headed by the president of the country. You will meet a lot of policemen on each corner of the island, so now it looks a very safety place. All people who live on this island, kids and grown-ups, men and women, boys and girls, love motocycles. Everybody there has a motocycle, and especially in the evening they like ... read more