Tag: San Gil
Playing Tejo: The Colombian Sport of Throwing Rocks at Gunpowder
Playing tejo is a popular pastime amongst Colombia's working class, involving pucks, gunpowder, and optionally, beer drinking and vallenato music.
San Gil: Colombia’s Adventure Capital
San Gil has been dubbed the adventure capital of Colombia, thanks to a variety of outdoor activities including: whitewater rafting, kayaking, caving, hiking, paragliding, mountain biking,...
6 Tourist-Friendly Destinations in Colombia
After quite a long time of being off the travel radar, Colombia is back in the game. There are few countries that have the...
Exploring Colombia: 5 New Places I Want to Visit in 2013
Now that I've committed to Colombia for the first three months of 2013, I've been thinking about the new places I want to visit...
San Gil, Chicamocha and Barichara
Writer’s note: This is part two of a two-part story. Click here to read part one.
SAN GIL, Santander — The two-lane road winds through...
The Hostel Life Hits Colombia
The Hostel Life is a new web-based show, and their pilot episode was shot along the Caribbean coast of Colombia.
The first video is dedicated...