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We left Yolombó at around 11 AM heading towards Maceo, about 30 KMs away. It was lunchtime when we arrived into town so we asked around for a good place to eat, the locals recommended eating at La Nena’s restaurant, where they serve tipical food that is delicious and cheap. After filling up our bellies we continued our journey to the climbing area, we still had a couple more hours …Read More
One of the most enjoyable aspects of staying with locals is when they bring you to see the special places of their land. During our stay in Yolombó, we took advantage of another gorgeous and sunny day to check out some petroglyphs, these are figures carved on some rocks that are spread about the valley of the river and that apparently are dated to pre-Columbian times. Once we came down …Read More
[bra_dropcaps style='dropcap1']P[/bra_dropcaps] anela is a sweetener produced from sugar cane through a process of evaporation. Colombia is the second major producer of panela in the world, however most of the production is destined for local consumption. There are crops of sugar cane all over the country so the production of panela is very much spread out. Traditionally, it has been considered as the sweetener of the campesino, and it is …Read More
The house at Trapiche Gualanday is made in the traditional Paisa style of white walls with red details and checkered floors. Everything inside is bright and colourful, as if to match the wild colors flowing from the surrounding vegetation. It is just amazing how many different varieties of flowers and trees there are here; just keeping up with all the various types of heliconias, Adiela’s favourites, is an impossible task. …Read More
Yolombó is a place with gorgeous vegetation and amazing flowers, here are just a few random shots…
On a beautiful Thursday afternoon, we finally enter Yolombó and are welcomed into the house of our hostess as long lost distant relatives, they offer us a refreshing lulo juice to calm our thirst and to introduce us to Paisa hospitality. Yolombó, one of the municipalities in Antioquia, is located about 100 Km away from Medellín; its main attaractions are the many little fincas around town that produce mainly panela, …Read More
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