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Coconuco, 3 hours from Cali

Not only have I just visited Popayan for the first time having lived in Cali for 6 years ( or 7 can't remember) wow what a beautiful city, clean, quiet, colonial, I was aware of the history re; origins, earthquake etc etc, but it really reminded me of Ecuador, a little fresher than Cali, fewer chicas plasticas, fewer money orientated showoffs in Lexus road monsters much more green space, however I am aware that Cauca is a little more "caliente" than el valle re, bandidos, nevertheless it was very interesting to see many more soldiers heavily armed with shiny automatic machine guns ( I'm no expert but rambo came to mind!) these guys are a bit different than the teenagers that unconvincingly almost timidly patrol Ave sexta here in Cali with wooden sticks.
So from the terminal( Popayan) take a bus 3.000 pesos to pueblito Coconuco then a jeep 1.500 pesos to the Termales, what a great gig,spectacular view of the mountains. Although very busy and much more basic than Santa Rosa de Cabal and San Vicente close to Pereira, its a must weekend trip if in Cali. It's a great experience sitting in very hot water looking up at mountains that almost overwhelm you and every now and then waiting for five minutes while the cold rain drifts down giving you relief from the hot volcanic water, then the sun comes out and your back to poaching yourself slowly with the almost nauseous odor of sulphur, I loved it

By la campiña on Jul 20, 2009, 19:29 in Friendly Talkzone.

Darloup (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jul 20, 2009, 20:02:

la campiña, you should post this in the Colombian forum...

Ask a mod to to put this thread in the "proper" forum...

Better to have tried and failed than having regrets all your life about what you MIGHT have missed

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la campiña (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jul 20, 2009, 20:12:

thanks Darloup but I thought this was the colombian forum, do you mean post this on the Travelguide ?¿

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la campiña (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jul 20, 2009, 20:23:

This same road to Coconuco is the main route to Purace ( through el parque Purace) and then after San Agustin and beyond, another story !

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Darloup (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jul 20, 2009, 20:30:

la campiña: For some obscure reason, your post was demoted, but everything seems now be back to normal. I hope you can get some useful info!

Better to have tried and failed than having regrets all your life about what you MIGHT have missed

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la campiña (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jul 20, 2009, 20:50:

ha thanks "D" maybe the upper echelons are aware of my mighty knowledge ha,ha, there's no bread let them eat arepas, and so forth

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Desideria (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Jul 21, 2009, 01:11:

Camp, I love that place. Did you take any pictures I'd LOVE to see them. I thought Coconucos was off limits for guerrilla activity. There's a mountain path from the springs to the village and there's a big rock poised on the side of the path, when you climb to the top of that rock and look down in the valley in front of you and the central range beyond you feel like you were on the top of the world, it's great.

A fronte praecipitium a tergo lupi

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Atrevido (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jul 21, 2009, 04:27:

Campiña great post. never been there, I´ll have to visit.

https://sites.google.com/site/colombianaturesite/nature-images

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jpseast says on Jul 21, 2009, 06:10:

Sounds great Paul...makes me want to plan a trip

Life's A Gift

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