“Pack your bags,

we are traveling

in Colombia.”

I want to thank all the students

and teachers who helped

this come true.

Norma Constanza González

Former Writing Leader

Yolanda

Hernandez

PERSONAL INFORMATION

My name is Yolanda Hernandez, I was born in Bogotá. I am

very responsible and a committed person. I study online at the

Unad Virtual, because I also work all day long and for me it is

not possible to leave extra time to go to the university to

attend their schedule. We do many things together but only on

weekends, because we have to work and study during the

weekdays. On Saturdays, we have lunch at home and then we

watch some t.v. on Sundays we wake up very early in the

morning to have a delicious, typical Colombian breakfast, tamal

con chocolate, caldo de Costilla y huevos pericos. After that,

we go to a mass to the Catholic Church. Then, we go to the

ciclovia to do some exercise and then, we have lunch in an important restaurant of

our amazing city, Bogotá, where we live.

BOGOTÁ MY CITY

Bogotá is the capital city and the biggest city

in Colombia, Bogotá has a population of

around 8million people. Bogotá has many

tourist places, just like monuments, museums,

parks and shopping centers, indeed, this city is

known as the city of the shopping malls.

You see in the picture above, Bogotá is a very

big and beautiful city, with tall buildings and

huge mountains that you can visit too.

What I like the most from Bogotá, is the variety of

meals and typical plates, such as, “bandeja paisa” from

Medellin, “Cocido Boyacense” from Boyacá,

“Ñame, pescao, patacon pisao and boyo e yuca” from

La costa, “Mamona” from los Llanos Orientales,

“Arepa y tamal Santandereanos” from Santander

and “Ajiaco” from Bogotá, just like the one you can

see in the picture, which is my favorite and which I am

cooking for next Saturday. To find all that variety

and delicious food, there are many famous restaurants

we have all around the city. For example, Las Acacias,

El Pórtico, and Casa Vieja (San Diego) located in the

Candelaria town, among others.

Whenever you want to come to know better our wonderful city, you

are welcome to this paradise. Certainly, when you come, you cannot

forget to go to “Monserrate” the most famous and significant

touristic place of Bogotá, and where you can also have a delicious

hot chocolate with tamal and almojabana.

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LILIANA PRADA

CABARIQUE

PERSONAL INFORMATION

My name is Liliana Prada Cabarique. I am Colombian. I

live in Barrancabermeja –Santander with my lovely

husband his name is Fabian Gonzalo we got married few

years ago and we are parents of two adorable kids. I am a

psychology student at UNAD, I love my career and I

enjoy it very much.

BARRANCABERMEJA

My beautiful hometown is Barrancabermeja

Santander. The city is located next to the

Magdalena River and its weather is very hot, 38

grades in shadow but that is one of the charms

of my city, that also helps the people to be really

active, even if you are a foreigner you’ll love the

warm of my city.

The most important historical event in my city is

the petroleum discover, and because of that

fact the city has grown a lot, we have the biggest

petroleum refinery in the country and one of the

most important in Latin America; it helps to the

development of the city and the country too.

Many people from different countries come to

Barrancabermeja every day to work or to know

our wonderful city.

In Barrancabermeja people can practice

many sports. Everyday you can see early in

the morning people running, jogging, or even

swimming in the clubs, we have a Football

stadium, a softball stadium too, we have

Olympic swimming pools, there are BMX

fields, and people also practice water sports

for example: skateboarding and other healthy

and funny outdoor activities.

I recommend you to come and know my city Barrancabermeja. It is a beautiful and

magical place where you’ll find a lot of activities to spend a really good time with your

family, there are restaurants, parks, pubs, and malls and museums to visit and enjoy as

never before. Come to Barrancabermeja you will never regret it.

JORGE ALONSO

BEDOYA

BETANCUR

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Hi, my name is Jorge Alonso Bedoya. I am 27

years old. I come from Cuidad Bolivar a

municipality in Department of Antioquia. I live

in Medellin with my wife now. I am working to

Sofasa. I am student in business administration

at the UNAD, group number 234 and I like to

walk on the weekends.

MY EXPECTATIONS

Finish studying business administration at the UNAD. Improve

the quality of life for my family and mine and Practice my

profession.

MEDELLIN

Medellin founded in March 02 1616, calls

with name “SAN LORENZO DE

ABURRA “by order of licensed

Francisco Herrera Campuzano, Has kept

the tenacity of its ancestors and is also

called “Capital of Flowers”, “La Bella Villa

““City of Eternal Spring “,” City of

Congresses and Conventions.

ACTIVITIES TO ENJOY:

City with enjoy the only subway system in

Colombia.

Is an important city in conferences and

conventions of the textile industry.

PARQUE LLERAS

is a most common meeting place in the town for

night life where you can hang out with family and

friends.

Traveling to Medellin outskirts and visit nearby peoples, is only a way to get to know

places and learn from different cultures.

PIEDRA DEL PEÑOL

in GUATAPE entices specially at area sport extreme

such as canyoning and abseiling.

Drive around the trunk of the coffee to the south west, is

found the processing and preparation of coffee.

PUENTE DE OCCIDENTE

Over the Cauca River built 19th century, the close location

to SANTAFE DE ANTIOQUIA.

Medellin is the capital of the department of Antioquia. My city is considered one of

the tourist centers of the country and most innovative city, for its climate, is one of the

favorite destinations, for Colombians and foreign.

You should travel on holidays this year, to the wonderful city of Medellin, you must to

go to all activities and enjoy, you have to wear comfortable clothes, as cap, glasses to

protect against the sunny, think you should book a hotel before leaving town because it

is full of people for being a tourist city.

This is your next destination.

Medellin is the capital of the department of

Antioquia. Is an important city in conferences

and conventions of the textile industry. Is

considered one of the tourist centers of the

country and most innovative city, for its

climate, is one of the favorite destinations, for

Colombians and foreign.

You should travel on holidays this year, to the wonderful city of Medellin, you must to

go to all activities and enjoy, you have to wear comfortable clothes, as cap, glasses to

protect against the sunny, think you should book a hotel before leaving town because it

is full of people for being a tourist city.

This is your next destination.

VICKY

CARDENAS

COLORADO

Medellin is the capital and the largest

city of the Antioquia department in

Colombia. Medellin is in the natural

region known as the “Valle de Aburrá”.

Its population is 2.636.101 people

approximately. Medellín has many

tourist sites and its good weather makes

it a holiday destination. It’s a city with a

great sense of belonging and its people

are very kind and friendly.

Medellin is becoming popular for its technological development.

There is a variety of restaurants, for example:

Doña Rosa is a typical food restaurant in the

region, it has four branches in different places in

the city: after the Glorieta José María Córdova

Airport, San Nicolas Shopping Center - Rio

Negro, Via Las Palmas Km 12 return # 10 –

Envigado and Premium Plaza Shopping Center

– Medellin.

http://asadosdonarosa.com/

These service points have extensive opening

hours from Monday to Sunday between 5:30 a.m.

at 11:00 pm. This restaurant offers a variety of

typical local dishes; here you can find everything

from breakfast, different preparations of fish, grills

and cravings the house.

http://www.paquesalgas.com/2012/08/asados‐dona‐rosa.html

In the picture attached you can see a

delicious typical dish of the region, beans

are served with arepa and avocado, besides

mashed tomato and onion which gives a

delicious taste to this dish.

http://asadosdonarosa.com/

In Medellin you always can find friendly people that can help you when you come here

you must visit “Pueblito Paisa” in this place also there are a variety of restaurants too.

For all these reasons you must visit this city it would be a great experience that you

can’t miss!