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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kind of curious what folks think is attractive about Columbia (from a touristic perspective).  I went there (admittedly 20 years ago) to visit a friend.  Bogota is not an attractive city.  Teeny tiny historic district - the rest is ugly city.  Cali looked like southern california (strip malls everywhere).  Cartagena is definitely an attractive town (colonial architecture) but the beach is ugly as sin.  We did go to Villa de Leyva (that was cool) and some random/bizarre underground church built in a salt mine.  But overall Columbia was very lacking in the natural beauty you see in many other  Latin American countries and also lacking in the Spanish/colonial architecture and indigenous aspects (ruins, etc).  As my friend said  - "we tore it all down and built modern cities."[/quote]

It is true that most Colombian cities are lacking in terms of aesthetics (Bogota does suck). If you are looking for a quiet, clean, and efficient city, Colombian cities don't rank very high. Most Americans are also turned off by the fact that most cities are densely populated. They also don't have many suburban areas like we have in the US, and transportation issues make living in rural/suburban areas a pain in the butt.

But as far as tourism goes, there are tons of things to do outside most of the major cities. I think Colombia is #2 in the world in terms of bio diversity. The main thing about Colombia is the people and the experience. Ask anyone who has backpacked around South America and almost everyone will tell you that Colombia is the best country by far. It doesn't take an extremely adventurous person to enjoy Colombia, but it's probably not a country that the cruise ship or Disney crowd would enjoy.[/quote]

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