The Unknown Colombia - Adventures and Travels of El Indio Andino

Recently, in my instagram account - I posted the following clues for a little town in Cundinamarca .  This is not a pueblo patrimonio , however the white buildings with green color are a treat to watch.  The cobblestone streets in the center have been maintained very well since colonial times.  This town lies in the middle of a coal mining region of Cundinamarca. The name of the town in Chibcha language means "similar to a face". Not a lot of people found the answer and that was not shocking. Well, this blog exists for a reason and for that reason has its name - The Unknown Colombia. Cucunubá - The face of Ubaté valley Cucunubá - This is a small town that is located in the Ubaté province of Cundinamarca. The town gets its name from the Chibcha language meaning "similar to a face". This town is about 2.5 hours from Bogota exiting through Autopista Norte and towards Ubaté, Cundinamarca. The route to Ubaté is a scenic route that takes us through the small towns of ...

Me I have been in Colombia since end of 2013 and I have always been fascinated by the country. This country is a backpacker's paradise. Mind you, I am not a back packer. I am not a tourist. I am somewhere in the middle. I am a traveler. Traveler Not Tourist Traveler, not tourist is how I would describe myself. Why though? I am not particularly interested in traveling to the most touristic places however, being a history reader, I am more interested in visiting places that has a historical significance and by that extension cultural importance as well. So while I visit a place that could be touristic, I also visit places based on historical and cultural significance. These are some places that not a lot of people have heard of, and these places do not exist in the tourist maps of the country. For example - I once got lost in a village called Colombia in the department of Huila in central Colombia. This was in 2017 and I challenged myself to repeat the trip in 2019 agai...