Mago Bill, Colombia:The geography is spectacular and the climate heavenly.
Several
peaks in the Colombian Andes reach above 10,000 feet. Fewer reach above
18,000 feet. Has a peak of more that 20,000 feet been found. Colombians
have built, are building, and maintaining efficient highways throughout
their beautiful and sometimes daunting mountain ranges. You may find
the percentage of Colombians who live in these mountains amazing.
Colombia
on both of our Earth's great seas. If an outline of all the bays,
coves, inlets, and peninsulas of Colombian seashores were measured, not
counting islands, one might find find there were about 2,000 miles of
coast to explore. That would included about 200 miles of good bathing
beaches. About half of the coast is on the Pacific and the other on the
Caribbean. Perhaps we could communicate about islands latter.
Colombian
also has large plains, savannas, rivers, and a large piece of Amazon
jungle available to you. It has perhaps four deserts. The Guajira,
bordering on Venezuela, the Caribbean and Colombian departments has a
true desert ecosystem. Its hard to get bored here.
Bordering
on the Pacific, the wonderful Choco is perhaps the rainiest region on
Earth. When I was there it rained a bit heavy at night. I remember
taking a short walk to a friend's house and getting not unpleasantly
soaked on the way, and arriving dry! With its great rainfall, parts of
Choco has exuberant rain-forest which gets, even with climate change,
gets nearly 365 inches of rain a year.
Many
call the climate of Colombia like an eternal spring. However there is a
wide verity of weather, climate and temperature here. However, if one
feels a bit too cool, one can travel downhill a bit and find a more
comfortable warmth. I spend most of my time at between 5,000 and 6,000
feet were some feel a bit chilly at times, but I feel great. Be careful,
if you are traveling cheaply at well above 5,000 feet it is still
possible to find oneself in a hostle or hotel with water "al clima" for
bathing. At the higher altitudes that can be cold.
There is much of interest to learn about Colombia and Colombians. Come on down and find out.
Thank you for reading.
RCS