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Colombian recommendations (rehash of old e-mail - better version to come one day)

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  Colombia recommendations   These recommendations are based on an e-mail that was written back in 2014 for a colleague and then got forwarded and slightly updated over time. Probably should do a proper rehash at some stage, but this will do for the moment.   BOGOTA   Bogotá doesn't necessarily have a lot of stuff to see but it does have a lot to do.    In terms of stuff to see, the city centre (which is actually centre-east) is probably the best attraction and, in particular,  the colonial "La Candelaria" neighbourhood in the city center. You can maybe have a walk to the Bolivar Square, where legend has it that this was the birth place of the city with a church and 12 huts back in August 8th 1538 if I remember my childhood -i.e. celebration of the 450 years of the city- correctly. The Congress and City Hall buildings are around the square and just behind congress is the presidential palace (Palacio de Nariño...
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Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto & Nara

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(I initially wrote this as a series of recommendations that I sent to a friend who was traveling in April 2025, hence the way its written. As I thought it might be useful for other people, I put all those recommendations in this post instead so that it could be easily shared) Here are a few recommendations on Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Nara as well as Japan in general. For Tokyo these are based on multiple trips (2009/2010, 2015, 2018 and 2024), for Nara on a 2015 visit, for Kyoto on visits in 2009 and 2015 and for Osaka in 2024. All pictures/videos are our own. When proposing walking routes, I've tried to keep them manageable and relatively short. Tokyo So, the first recommendation on walks is actually three, but they are in the same spirit. You can do all or choose one depending on time. They are relatively far apart from each other, but nothing that the super-efficient public transport in Tokyo can't deal with.   One of the things that I love about Japan and Tokyo in particular...
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