COLOMBIA

Location - South America; Capital - Bogota; Population - 45 million; Currency - Colombia Peso

From Otavalo in Ecuador I took a bus to the Colombian border and on to Popayan via Pasto, in April 1998.

1000 Colombian Pesos

Colombian military rehearsing for Semana Santa (Easter) parade in Popayan

Image of Christ being carried during Semana Santa parade, Popayan

Andean group playing in Popayan

Popayan's colonial buildings

World music festival, Popayan

View of Zipaquira, near Bogota

Inside Zipaquira's amazing Salt Cathedral - a cathedral built underground out of solid salt.
It also depicts the 14 stations of the Via Dolorosa (Way of the Cross) and has several chambers and rooms

The Palace of Justice, site of the M-19 guerrilla massacre, Bogota - click here for more info

On the opposite side of Plaza Bolivar is the Capitolio National, Bogota

The colonial quarter of La Candelaria, Bogota

In central Medellin is the Parque de Bolivar, leading to the Basilica Metropolitana

Plaza de los Coches in the beautiful old town of Cartagena

Cartagena old town

Standing on the walls surrounding Cartagena's old town

Cannons atop Cartagena's walled city - 16th/17th century

The Caribbean coastal town of Santa Marta

Taganga's Playa Grande, near Santa Marta

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LINKS

www.turismocolombia.com - Colombia tourist board

www.cartagenainfo.net - info on Cartagena

www.colombia4you.com

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