You can't say you have seen Villa de Leyva and the surrounding area, until you've spent a day at the National Park Iguaque. It's located about 1 hour  from the town by bus; the entrance fee is $15 dollars.  It's well worth a visit solely to see the unusual types of fauna and flora.  The trek is approximately 4 hours long:  you move through numerous types of forest from wet jungle to a dry forest with the ty ...

The mention of Colombia the first thing that springs to most people’s minds are drug cartels and FARC guerrilla soldiers or so the media would have you believe.  I have to admit to reading many of these articles myself,  so my expectations of the country and what it had to offer were a mix of trepidation and excitement. This was also due to a recent trip to Central America where we met many fellow travelers ...