In Search of Good Travel Resources
for Colombia
Image Source: Amazon.com
I stopped in Borders a few days ago hoping to pick up a travel guide on Colombia. No dice. This had never happened before. Their travel section is pretty comprehensive, with multiple options on almost any place you can think of. But not a single book on Colombia. So I checked Amazon when I got home to find these results:
- a 2006 Lonely Planet version with a 1.5 star rating
- a 5-star rated guide from Footprint ... from 1998
- a 4-star rated guide from Ulysses, based on one customer review by someone who hadn't been to the country
Slim pickings.
I have found a few online resources, including this NYTimes.com article which really planted the seed in my mind in the first place. I'll keep looking and checking out more of the online communities, and will probably buy the Footprint guide, but in the extremely unlikely event that anyone (1) happens by this post and (2) has great recommendations for Colombian travel guides, please leave a comment. Thanks.
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