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...

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...