Category Archives: latin america

Tena, a look to the Amazon

by moro Posted on 4 March 2007

Now we are really in the Amazon basin… to make it clear, there are the curious smiles of the children who run towards the bus. In their black eyes and smooth like silk hairs, it’s hidden all the mystery of … Continue reading →

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Baños hot springs

by moro Posted on 4 March 2007

Baños is a small city which rises in a flat piece of land, where the Andean valleys begin their tortuous descent towards the Amazon basin… we get there leaving the Pan-American highway near Ambato, city center of one of the … Continue reading →

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Cotopaxi National Park

by moro Posted on 27 February 2007

Exactly in front of the bridge which is the entrance gate to the city of Latacunga, a young boy tell us to go up on its rickety bus. It’s early in the morning, we begin the travel towards the covered … Continue reading →

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Maiz vs oil: Latin American mirages

by moro Posted on 23 February 2007

During the last year, the high petrol price has stimulated the production of biofuels from alternative sources (biomass). For effect of the crescent corn demand (used to produce bio ethanol) on the part of the North-American market, the price of … Continue reading →

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In Quito

by moro Posted on 17 February 2007

The Andean landscape becomes extremely variable in the northern part of Ecuador: from semi-desertic valleys to impressive green hills. After hours of roller coaster we reach Otavalo, a village where one of the most important Ecuadorian indigenous markets takes place. … Continue reading →

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Towards Ecuador, goodbye Colombia

by moro Posted on 16 February 2007

The deep canyons dig incurable wounds along the Andean ridge and mark the border between Colombia and Equador: we reach Ipiales following the Pan-American highway from Popayan through Pasto. We greet therefore Colombia, a large and wonderfully wild country, sad … Continue reading →

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San Agustin

by moro Posted on 14 February 2007

From Tierradentro the unpaved road goes down to the the bottom of impressive valleys, towards the pueblo of La Plata. The heat increases, entering in the department of Huila: after Garzon and Pitalito, two dusty cities, we reach San Agustin, … Continue reading →

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Tierradentro

by moro Posted on 9 February 2007

The archaeological site of Tierradentro is an impressive and mysterious artwork, from an unknown but refined civilization. Located in the esplanades of Segovia, El Duende, El Tablòn, Alto de San Andres and El Aguacate, the hipogeos of Tierradentro are oval … Continue reading →

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Cauca valley, towards Tierradentro

by moro Posted on 9 February 2007

In a day of movements with buses and camionetas we cover the whole Cauca valley, from Armenia (eje cafetero) to Popayan, passing through the lively city of Cali. Our goal is the region of Tierradentro, an archaeological site, almost unknown … Continue reading →

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Salento and Cocora Valley

by moro Posted on 8 February 2007

Rising towards the peaks of the Nevado Ruiz, we discover the small village of Salento, a island of peacefulness in the middle of the wonderful Colombian coffee growing region (eje cafetero). A pueblo lost in the past and dominated by … Continue reading →

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Armenia

by moro Posted on 5 February 2007

Armenia is one of the most desolated cities we’ve visited during our travel: in the gray buildings and in the looks of the people, in wide measure of Slavic origin, hides a piece of Balkans. In the evening, the center … Continue reading →

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Medellin, Botero and Pablo Escobar

by moro Posted on 3 February 2007

Medellin is the city of the Colombian social-economic supremacy, risen in the middle of nowhere and exploded under the protecting wing of the drug traffics. The utopian project of Pablo Escobar: a modern and efficient center, enclosed in a wonderful … Continue reading →

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Afro Caribbean soul

by moro Posted on 29 January 2007

Afro Caribbean soul, far and neglected spirit, that let seduce itself just beyond the border of the world. In the land of no one, where every man is owner of his life… the land strip that extends from Cartagena towards … Continue reading →

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From Panama to Colombia: Darien Gap

by moro Posted on 23 January 2007

The passage between Central America and South America is a problem that many travellers are forced to face. The Pan-American Carretera is interrupted in the region of jungle and swamps called Darien Gap, making impossible land connections between Panama and … Continue reading →

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Cartagena

by moro Posted on 23 January 2007

Barranquilla is a chaotic industrial port, famous in Colombia as the center of the craziest carnival of the country. A short travel takes us to Cartagena de Indias, one of the most beautiful historical cities of America… actually the old … Continue reading →

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Parque nacional Tayrona

by moro Posted on 20 January 2007

From the entrance, a short trip by bicycle leads us to the beach of Cañaveral, along a road dipped in the jungle. Finally we are in the Parque nacional Tayrona, a natural reservoir unique for beauty, pure example of uncontaminated … Continue reading →

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