People of Colombia

Do you know the history of Colombia?

In Colombia we can find a lot of people with different cultures. We  have Spain ancestors because after the precolombian period and the discovered of the New World, they came to America and colonised us in 1500.

There are ancestors from Africa too because the Spanish needed slaves to work in the colonies, so there are some of them.

But principally, they were Indians from Colombia who made their own clothes and accessories and had a beautiful culture. They had a lot of gold that the Indians cast to the lake to do a tribute for their god. It was the legend of El Dorado.  Unfortunately the Europeans came and killed many of them.

Andres Carne De Res

 

Most of the decoration is made ​​of recyclable items. Andres Jaramillo is the owner and founder of the restaurant. When they see on the street will say their restaurant is very nice and cute. There is some people who come to the country just to go to the restaurant. Andres Carne De Res was founded in June 21th on 1982. Some people like Botero (Colombian famous painter) signed an object and he gave to Andres and now part of the restaurant. Being one of the most visited restaurants in Colombia, Andres Carne De Res has a variety of dishes. People go to the restaurant to enjoy the music and good food offered by the place.

Some people say’s:

-I’ll never forget the night in Andrés Carne de Res! It was one of my first nights in Colombia, and I was thrown straight into the thick of it. Amazing food, hilarious entertainment, brilliantly eccentric decor and fantastic music! The crowd is here to enjoy themselves and they seem to never leave the dance-floor! Be prepared to eat a lot, dance a lot, laugh a lot and have a great night! Not to be missed if you’re in Bogotá or Chia…although I’ve heard the Chia restaurant is worth the trip from Bogotá. We went on our way back from the Salt Cathedral, so that was handy.

-Great food and atmosphere. A little slow with drink service but very accommodating to requests. When it rains hard you discover that the roof is not actually waterproofed. Just lucky we finished before the hail storm. The great food and atmosphere mitigates any of the minor negatives.
I highly recommend the long drive to Chia if you are in Bogota.

Bogotá the middle of Colombia

BOGOTA

 

Bogota D.C. is the district capital of Colombia. Bogota is the most populated city in Colombia with 9,000,000 inhabitants. Bogota is the largest city in Colombia and one of the biggest in Latin America. Bogota is located at 2 625 meters (8 612 ft) above sea level and is the third highest city in South America. The climate conditions in Bogota are irregular and are variable due to the numerous phenomens that have occured in the past few years (Nino, Nina, etc.).

From a 20th Century “historic” standpoint, el Bogotazo marks an important benchmark. It refers to the riots that followed the murder of political leader Jorge Eliecer Gaitan and marked a long period of political unrest and violence: the center of the city of Bogota was almost completly destroyed. Over the past 8 years, Colombia has enjoyed a peaceful period that has allowed Bogota to transform into a modern city.

Bogota is an upbeat and very diverse city. Bogotanos, the habitants of Bogota, are young, fun, hard workers and always in good mood. Bogota is an emerging city: its economy has developed over the past few years and more and more world wide companies are opening offices in the city. People from all over the world have moved to Bogota over the past 10 years making it an international city with people from different ethnic backgrounds and cultures. Bogota is a very expansive city to live in: apartments, food and schoold are expansive and comparable to the prices of developed European countries. Bogota’s public transportation has improved over the years and its Transmilenio (massive bus transportation) is viewed as a model by other latin american countries. As security improves and more international firms establish presence in Colombia, Bogota will become a more attractive touristic place. In fact, at the present time, more site seeing places are being developed to promote the image of Colombia.

Bogota’s La Candelaria district is a historic neighborhood in downtown Bogota. The architecture in la Candelaria reflects Spanish influences from the Colonial times. Due to the number of universities and libraries that can be found in the city, Bogota is known to be “The Athens of South America”. Bogota has various malls and holds the largest mall in South America, the Santafe Mall. In conclusion, Bogota is a very live and hectic city that is very joyfull and vibrant. But you have to be on your guard becuase it is not the most secure city in the world. No city is perfect but Bogota comes close to being it!

Medellin

Medellin is a Colombian city with a population of 3’312’165 habitants. It is situated in the department of Antioquia. His climate average is of 24 degrees Celsius. In the firsts weeks of august is celebrated in the streets of Medellin the flowers festival, where the floricultures go out to expose their flowers, the festival is celebrated during ten days. In these days the city is decorated with millions of flowers of all colors, of all sizes and of all forms. During the festival there are also do parades where floricultures take their flowers in chairs their take these chairs in their back and they walk in the streets, it is named the parade of the silleteros. Another season to visit Medellin is the Christmas the city is decorated with millions of lights; the lights are prepared all the years by mother’s head of household and these decorations are considerate by the National Geographic one of the ten most beautiful Christmas decoration of the world.

There are a lot of historic and cultural places to visit at Medellin like the Museum of Antioquia, the Botero’s square, the “Pueblito Paisa”, the ”Parque de los Pies Descalzos”, the Metropolitan Cathedral, the “Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria”, the theater of Pablo Tobón Uribe, the metropolitan theatre, the Explora park, the Botanic Garden and more, there are also natural places to visit at Medellin there is the “Cerro el Volador”, the “Cerro Nutibara” and the regional park Arví.

If you want to have a lot of fun in the night there are a lot of places to go like Zona Cero, Las Palmas, Lleras Park, La 70, La Zona Rosa and the Autopista Sur. Also there are luxurius hotels to stay in the city. There are three zones of hotels in the city El Poblado, Laureles–Estadio and the center of the city. Medellin is also a city where live a lot of people, but they isn’t normal people, they’re very warm people, who loves attend tourist and foreignness. In Medellin and his surroundings you can also have adventures doing extreme sports in the rivers or hiking. Finally in Medellin there is a big gastronomic tradition with delicious dishes like the Bandeja Paisa, or the Arepas Paisas.

Medellin is something like a perfect city where you can past perfect vacations.

  

The People of Colombia

Do you know the History of Colombia?

In Colombia, we can find a lot of people with different cultures.

There are Spanish ancestors because after the pre-columbian era they wanted to expand their territory so they came to the New World, America, and they conquered and colonized it. That’s the reason because the lenguage speaked in America is spanish.

There are also ancestors from Africa because the Spanish needed slaves to work in the colonies.

Principally, they were Indians from Colombia and other places of America, who had a very beautiful culture: They made their own clothes and accessories and had a lot of gold. There is many legends about it. One of the most famous is the legend of “El Dorado”, where Indians covered their “cacique” and made tributes for the sun God. Unfortunately the Europeans arrived and killed many of them.

Because of that, the aspects of Colombian culture can be traced to the culture of spain of the 16th century and its collision with Colombia’s native civilizations.