Rayos del Sol, an eco-spiritual track
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South America
Travel diaries: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil.
Finca El Maco, on the mystical San Agustin ground
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El Viajero Hostel, a responsible south-american hostels chain
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Hacienda Venecia, the Authentical Coffee Experience
Hacienda Venecia… haaaa… Hacienda Venecia… The coffee plantation where time stopped: For travelers passing through but also for me, literally. I have been there three times in one month, and eventually left with a twinge of regret: Such a lovely staff, a magical place, I was almost feeling at home… Meet Juan Pablo, owner of …
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Lodge Playa de Oro, sportive and responsible fishing on the Pacific
After Utria, last stop of these past ten days on the Choco Pacific Coast: at the Playa de Oro Lodge, on the “Huina” Beach, 20 minutes by boat from Bahia Solano. The beach is wonderful and there is also a small village, a nice compromise so between beach, rainforest and meetings with Afro-Colombian culture. From …
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Mano Cambiada, the mangrove swamp of utría next door
After Nuqui, Guachalito and Jurubida, I finally come to Utria to know “Mano Cambiada”, Josefina’s sustainable tourism project who I quickly met in Bogota during the ANATA tourism show. I reach ma new destination once again aboard a small craft thirty-minute from Jurubida where I say goodbye to Carmen and Nohelia. Mano Cambiada Project Josefina …
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Jurubidá, Rooming Houses within an Afrochocoano Village
It was aboard a local fisherman’s small boat that I reached the village of Jurubidá, located thirty minutes north of Nuquí, an “Afrochocoano” village because Jurubidá is primarily a “palenque” (a community founded by African slaves who managed to escape and take refuge in the dense rainforests of the Chocó Region). I am greeted at …
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La Joviseña Guesthouse, a tropical organic garden
Travelers rarely stay in Nuquí Village itself; most prefer to go some 30 minutes south of there where there are heavenly beaches and rows of coconut trees. Monday morning, I bade goodbye to the team at the Nuquí Mar Hotel, and later found myself on the pier where Elisabeth and Benjamin of La Joviseña came to …
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Nuquí Mar, Welcome to the Chocó Pacific !
If I say idyllic and wild Colombian beaches, what will you answer? Caribbean and Tayrona National Park?! ahah.. Yes but not only that! Colombia offers also a wonderful Pacific Coast. The area between Nuqui and Bahia Solano is now very quiet, where travelers are very welcomed. Here I am on the road of five small …
Hacienda Combia, A Coffee-flavoured Trek to Awaken the Senses
After Selva Negra (Nicaragua) and Hacienda Venecia in Manizales (Colombia), I found myself once again in the very heart of a ‘responsible’ coffee plantation, certified by Rainforest Alliance and Utz, but this time just a little smaller. Hacienda Combia is an agricultural and hotel family business of 39 hectares, in the “Cafeteros” region of Colombia, next to …
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