Cumbia on Klompen: Road trip Colombia

Cumbia on Klompen???

Many Dutch people might not know what "Cumbia" is. And many Colombian people don't have a clue what "Klompen" means. Here finally the explaination!
For all the Dutch: Cumbia is a type of Latin-American dance music of Colombian origin, similar to salsa and using guitars, accordions, bass guitar, and percussion. For this dance, the man wear a hat as shown below.
For all the Colombians: "Klompen" (clog in English) is a typical Dutch foot wear. It's a type of shoe or sandal made predominantly out of wood. Nowadays, klompen (like the pair you see below) is just worn by farmers.

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Road trip Colombia

We made it! Back from a couple of weeks of back packing through Colombia. For all the Colombia experts, a short summary of our travel outline. From Bogotá we went straight to Cartagena, followed by Santa Marta, Baranquilla, Parque Tayrona, Santa Marta, San Gil, Villa de Leyva and back to Bogotá. A lovely trip of 3500 km! We have done and seen so much of this beautiful country that we are almost Lonely Planet professionals. It was an amazing experience! Click here to get an impression and see a selection of the 700+ pics we took.

Oh, Bas´s travel journal is now available in Dutch and in English! Don´t miss this very funny report of how we Dutch people experience the Colombian custums and habits.

Cumbia on Klompen