The Unknown Colombia - Adventures and Travels of El Indio Andino

Colombia, Huila COLOMBIA Travel blog The church in the center Colombia, Huila, Colombia The double Colombian town Yes, you read it right. This is not a typo. This blog is about a town that is named Colombia , in the department of Huila , in Colombia, thus earning the name double Colombian. This little known town is located in the department of Huila, about 3 hours from the capital city of Neiva . The town is watered by the tributaries of the Magdalena river as with most rivers from Huila. “ Colombia got its name as people that lived in this rural region felt that travelling to Alpujarra and Dolores was like travelling to another Colombia. - Legends in Colombia, Huila ” Neighbourhood towns of Colombia A town bordering 3 other departments  Colombia borders Barraya , its closest Huilan town, Alpujarra in Tolima,  Dolores in Tolima , Cabrera in Cundinamarca , fringes of Bogota’s sumpaz , La Uribe in Meta . However, there are roads only to Alpujarra and Barraya that exists tod...

Colombia’s geography Colombia’s geography is dominated by 5 main natural regions Andean region Pacific region Carribean region Orinoquia region Amazon region Andes Region Of this, the most populated regions are the Andean and the Carribean regions. Of the top 10 populated cities of Colombia, 7 of them are in the Andean region. So imagine the dominance of this region culturally and politically. The Andes region comprises 3 parallel mountain ranges - Cordilleras Orientales, Cordilleras Central and Cordilleras Occidental, simply translated as the Eastern Andes, Central Andes and the Western Andes.  Coffee Axis One sub-region in Andes natural region is the eje cafetero or the coffee axis region. Politically this comprises the 3 beautiful departments of Quindío , Risaralda and Caldas . There is so much coffee all around and in the culture that this is a part of the world heritage site called The Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia. For the record, a lot more departments produce coffe...