If You are visiting Colombia, be prepared!
By: Troy

Get ready to dance Salsa and party!

Colombians are addicted to salsa dancing and they do it very well.

It can be a little intimidating to get on the dance floor in the face of such competition, but there is no better way to learn some steps.

All the major cities have a 'Zona Rosa' where dozens of clubs tend to be packed on top of each other. The most famous of these are in the Juanchito area of Cali, which really gets going between 2am and 6am. There's plenty of time to sleep in the daylight hours!

Learn more here: http://somuchworld.com/

Every Colombian knows about the Festival of the Flowers in Medellín, Antioquia

The first’ flower’ carnival was realized the first of May in 1957, under the initiative of the illustrious” Antioqueño” Arturo Uribe, a member of the tourist and foment’ bureau, like a tribute to the month’ flowers. At this time it was only an incipient five’ day’ celebration without the today’ brightness, with stalls in many places of the city and private’ parties in the social’ clubs.

For the 1957’ celebration were included in the program’ two activities: 1) a flower’ exposition in the high’ altar of the Metropolitan’ Cathedral organized by the Medellin’ gardeners’ club and Monsignor Tulio Botero, 2) A “silleteros” ‘parade with the participation of 40 Santa Elena’ Area’ Peasants going down through the downtown until Bolivar’ Park.

Through the time, the party has been taken force being converted in one of the most’ important party in Colombia with a lot of prestigious outside the country. This activity that initially was celebrated in May, today is celebrated in August, like a tribute to the month of the Antioquia’ independence and since even it is an event of dressing with a colors’ variety in the city’ streets.

With the time, others events were included in the carnival, giving it a key role like: the cavalcade’ Guinness’ records in 1996 and 1999, the parade of the classic and antics ´cars, the exposition of orchids, birds and flowers, the “tablados” and “fondas” of the towns and villages.

Learn more here: http://www.medellin.gov.co:80/irj/portal/medellin

Every Colombian knows about the Carnival of Barranquilla

The Carnival of Barranquilla is one of the best parties of Colombia's traditional festival par excellence of the Colombian Caribbean, the happiest, most joyful, the most libertarian, full of traditions and clever and original costumes.

At the time of Carnival all is transformed into the city to make way for the magic, it is not known if the truth is a lie or the truth lies, monsters emerge from the sea, land and newly created galaxies of mind the star of the party coming together with the bulls of the traditional wooden masks, the old dances of the Congos, the dancers of the cumbia and the soldiers of the XVIII century dances paloteo as a sign of magical realism Carnival .

The merriment begins with the reading public side that opens a holiday season before four days of carnival when they begin to ring through the streets, plazas and parks of the city's percussion drums and brass music of the flute achieves its fullness million on Saturday Sunday, Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday.

Barranquilla Carnival is a cultural event that reflects the cultural expressions of the Colombian Caribbean heritage site of the nation and recognized as tangible and intangible heritage of humanity by UNESCO.

Learn more here: http://www.carnavaldebarranquilla.org

Every Colombian knows about....

Gabriel García Márquez

Shakira

Juanes

Must Eats - Can't miss :

Empanadas

Arepa

Ajiaco

Sancocho

Bandeja Paisa

Drink Aguardiente

Every Colombian knows fun starts in a chiva!

Chiva is an incredible Party buss that you don't want to miss!