The Carnaval party continues at the Hotel El Prado on Friday and Saturday with a mixture of performers and styles including Ruben Blades, Don Omar, Silvestre Dangond and Fernando Echavarria – “Familia André”. Tickets for the event can be bought through Tuboleta.com, Blockbusters (near Mc Donalds) and of course at the Hotel El Prado itself. [...]
The performance of Te Olvide dates back to the Barranquilla Carnaval celebrations of 1998. Te Olvide, is one of the most popular songs of the Carnaval celebrations. The incredible thing about the video is that at the side of Joe Arroyo is Colombia’s best known recording artist, Shakira – looking “gordita” and with her original [...]
Rapid Information Regarding Barranquilla ·Even though not as popular with foreign tourists as Cartagena, Barranquilla is a large, complex city and enjoys a nice assortment of accommodation. ·Beside the East of the city flows the broad Rio Magdelena, it is a major and flourishing seaport and has a substantial manufacturing base. ·It benefits from an [...]
Although the Barranquilla Carnaval has lots of free events and entertainment there are many ways to spend your money too. If you want to be treated as a VIP there are a number of options including a seat in the shade up in the stands which costs 340,000 pesos (about 150 US $) – [...]
During the final quarter of 2009 the Colombian economy grew by2% and thereby bringing it out of the recession which began as the world felt the aftershocks of the banking crisis in the USA according to the latest figures despite continuing troubles with Venezuela and the export of goods to that country. The growth has [...]