SHORT TRIPS

SHORT TRIPS - SOUTHWESTERN, ANTIOQUIA -COL

by: Edward Alejandro Jaramillo

Between the towns described in this blog, there are some interesting ways that communicate them with the city and between themselves. Is possible ride a bike or motorbike in that ways, is safe and the people near is able to give you care. While riding, the marvelous birds, nature and air make an experience of the short trip. In bike one of the trips I have made can endure around two or three ours depending of speed and stops between two of the southwestern towns- Of curse is possible late more 6-8 hours but this is  up to you according with the goal. For example in Bike, I usually leaves out the town to go inside the forest, in places where you can hear at distance some birds like “The Turpial” and animals as the Angry Monkey is. 

Between de towns described in this blog, there are some interesting ways that communicate them with the city and between themselves. Is possible ride a bike or motorbike in that ways, is safe and the people near is able to give you care. While riding, the marvelous birds, nature and air make an experience of the short trip. In bike one of the trips I have made can endure around two or three ours depending of speed and stops between two of the southwestern towns- Of curse is possible late more 6-8 hours but this is  up to you according with the goal. For example in Bike, I usually leaves out the town to go inside the forest, in places where you can hear at distance some birds like “The Turpial” and animals as the Angry Monkey is.

The most common ways are:

JERICÓ – PUEBLO RICO: About 2-3 hours in bike or 45 minutes in motorcycle

TARSO – JERICÓ:  25 minutes in motorcycle. About 90 minutes in bike. (Hard climbing)

 JERICÓ – JARDÍN 120 minutes in motorcycle.

 JERICÓ TÁMESIS: 45 minutes in motorcycle. About 3 hours in bike. This way is great by horse.

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MORRO EL SALVADOR

MORRO EL SALVADOR "SAVIOR HILL"

by: Edward A. Jaramillo A.

 The "Morro el Salvador"  is a natural tourist attraction located in the town, its form allows an easy access to the hill`s top where the visitors can have a complete view of the town. In the past this place resulted to be the perfect Indian burial ground for three of its most significant leaders at 5 meters below ground. Around this place it is possible to find an ancestral path, built by stones and named ·”El Chuscal” this path is also a part of the patrimony of Jericó. Here you can also find the Cable Car to communicate the “Morro el Salvador” with the Natural Park –“Las Nubes”, and using a natural trail it is possible to have access to the Botanic Garden “Los Balsos” and subsequently to the town. All the above describes one of the most unique tourist natural attractions to be found in the State of Antioquia.

Complete view of the town of Jericó from the MORRO EL SALVADOR

BIRDS AND NATURE

THE LONESOME

There´s a bird, the one that I´ll be talking in this new post because call my attention and I would like to share you and introduce you the bird named “LA SOLEDAD” in English could be interpreted as “ THE LONESOME”  and why this bird?

Even when we know that this is the kind of bird that uses to build their nest in rocks with a big fall, it is possible to find it without seeking it. I mean, that is usually saw for people that is eating in a restaurant in the city (Poblado city)  and also when you are driving from the city to our region at 120km, is easy to see it in the street, trees or flying. But this does not mean that when see one of them you won’t get enlaced to keep and keep seeing as they fly over you showing all his majestic colors and beautiful body covered all by green, blue, black, orange and brown plumage.

This is how it looks at simple looking:

photo by web. 

Now, why to write about a simple bird .that is too easy to find out? Well, not at all when you know that it is only the opening. Yes, there is one more bird of this kind that even MYSELF have not get yet the opportunity to see, even when I know that it is as near as the mountain here is. His name is “SOLEDAD REAL” in English is something like “THE ROYAL LONESOME”

A decided to post about birds, because even when I´m living in the land of the SMALLEST hummingbird of the whole world I have not saw this ROYAL BIRD but I want to describe you how must it looks as I heard it by my good friend Joseph, last night while were talking and drinking coffee:

The Royal Lonesome, is totally pink, more big that the traditional one you have seen before, but this is very much hard to find and not at all, because above all the green of the grass, of the mountains and under the blue sky you are totally sure that as soon as you find something pink moving around it is because you have find one of them.

That´s the best description my friend could gave me that night. If you are a birds lover, this two bird of a very big nature offer will involve you in the grandiose  and magnificent beauty of the land captured in a simple bird.

by, Edward A. Jaramillo