“Pack your bags, we are traveling in Colombia.”

“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!