Archaeological Sites near San Agustin in Colombia

If you are interesting in Pre-Colombia Art then you must add the UNESCO World Heritage Site near San Agustin, Colombia to your must-visit list.



The area is dotted with freestanding monumental statues carved out of stone left behind by a mysterious pre-Colombian civilization that existed between the 6th and 14th century AD. The statues were markers of ceremonial and burial sites where they buried their dead in the fetal position with personal objects such as pottery and gold within tombs underground. If you would like more information about this important archaeological site and how to get there, visit: San Agustin, Colombia

Photos of Colombian Food Help

This post can now be found at: Photos of Typical Colombian Dishes

National Anthems

It took a while to do put it's now ready... we have just finished writing about the national anthems of the South American countries along with their translation in English.
Oh, and we have thrown in a bit of history about them too.
Check them out:

National Anthems of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.

Colombian Food & Drink

Now, everyone who had anything to do with the compilation of the following pages where left incredibly hungry (and thirsty).

The favourite pages of our visitors are about the typical food and drink of South American countries so now we have included Colombia to the list.

Typical Colombian Food - Everything from ants to fried bananas.


Typical Colombian Drinks - The classic Aguadiente, rum and lets not forget Colombia's specialty, Coffee!

Hope you enjoy them!

Potosí Sucre Popayán Cathedral

We have some new additions to our website:

Bolivia - Potosí - Gateway to the old colonial silver mines.
Bolivia - Sucre - The old colonial capital of the Americas.
Colombia - Las Lajas Cathedral - Perched on the side of a cliff, this cathedral is like none other that you have seen. Definitely something you should stop off to see, even if it is just for a cool photo to brag about to your friends.
Colombia - Popayán - One of Colombia's top colonial cities nestled in the Andes Mountains.

Remember that if anyone has any suggestions or recommendations about something they saw, did or experienced in any of these places, we always love to know.

Cheers

Zipaquira Salt Cathedral and Bogotá

One place that I visited last year and highty recommend is the undeground Salt Cathedral at Zipaquira in Colombia. This Cathedral with its many chambers hidden deep underground is entirely made out of salt. The subdued lighting gives the entire place an interesting eerie feeling.

There is even a replica of Michaelangelo's Creation of Man (you know, the one with God and Man's fingers about to touch) sculptured out of the Salt rock.

More information here: Salt Cathedral at Zipaquirá in Colombia


We have also added a page about the Bogotá, the Capital of Colombia:

Bogota - Colombia

Hope you enjoy them!!!

Five Different Countries in South America

Our long awaited South America website is now going along quite well. A lot of the spaces have now been filled though we still have to resize and post photos.

In the last couple of days we have managed to put the following information online for everyone:

Colombia -Cartagena - The city on the Caribbean Sea
Brazil - Rio de Janeiro - The land of Beaches and the Mega Carnival
Peru - Lima - Museums - The most interesting museums to see while you're in Lima, Peru.
Peru - Cusco - The city that's on every backpackers route. If you are on your way to Machu Picchu this is THE stop to make on the way
Ecuador - Quito - The center of the world where Northern & Southern Hemisphere meet.
Argentina - Buenos Aires - Huge city with SOOOO much to do!

Hope you enjoy them!