BBC - Travel - Colombia

Is crawly cuisine the future of food?

By Paula Dear

As a new UN report encourages people to eat insects to help fight world hunger, we visit parts of the planet where crunchy critters are no big deal.
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World’s most beautiful clock towers

Colombia, Cartagena, Torre del Reloj, clock tower, clock, Pedro de Heredia

From a mosque-like stronghold in Malaysia to one of London’s most iconic structures, these five landmarks were designed to stand the test of time.

Colombia’s valley of the palms

By Fred Meyer

Beyond the Cocora Valley’s postcard-perfect palm trees is an ever-changing peaceful hikers’ playground that houses a host of little surprises.
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Worldwide Weird

Earth’s most otherworldly sites

By Lindsey Galloway

From Fly Geyser in Nevada to the Gates of Hell in Turkmenistan, few places garner the status of being completely surreal, as if from a different planet.

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Central America’s shift in safety

By Suemedha Sood

Gang ridden neighborhood in Tegucigalpa, Honduras

While cocaine-producing Colombia and cocaine-transiting Mexico are plagued by government warnings, the narco-trafficking corridor in-between is relatively free of travel alerts.
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Colombia’s spiritual centre

By Dominic Bonuccelli, Lonely Planet

Of the country’s 83 remaining indigenous tribes, the most powerful and cohesive is the Arhuac culture of the Tayrona region in the far north of Colombia.
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