Posts Tagged ‘turismo’

Nightlife in Bogota: The Best Opportunity to Meet the Locals

September 29th, 2009
Nightlife in Bogota: The Best Opportunity to Meet the Locals

As most guide books state, the best you can find in Colombia is people. Also tourists that have stayed in the country advise new visitors to try to get in touch with locals because they are amongst the friendliest people on earth, thus before going somewhere, it is important to know which are the best places not only to have fun but to meet people.

As all the big cities of South America, Bogota has a very rich nightlife with the » Read more: Nightlife in Bogota: The Best Opportunity to Meet the Locals

Best Places for Medical Tourism

September 8th, 2009
Best Places for Medical Tourism

Medical tourists from different countries travel for health care purposes to those countries having quality healthcare services at reasonable prices. So they spend extra money on travel, health care and accommodations on the places of treatment. Medical tourism is an old concept because thousands of years ago people traveled for medical purposes or for spiritual trea » Read more: Best Places for Medical Tourism

Isla De Providencia, Silent Secret of the Caribbean

September 4th, 2009
Isla De Providencia, Silent Secret of the Caribbean

I left Colombia (continental, that is) with all its guerrilla – army – paramilitary violence plus the mafia-related problems, headed to, as the island´s webpage proclaimed, “the best kept secret in the Caribbean”. (I already knew the secret since I had been on the islands on sabbatical week twice before). The small airport in Providencia, called El Embrujo (The Bewitchment), brought strange deja-vu feelings not counting the fact that I was st » Read more: Isla De Providencia, Silent Secret of the Caribbean