Colombia

Colombia at a Glance

Capital City:
Bogota

Currency:
Peso (COP)

Language:
Spanish

International Telephone Code:
+57

ISBN-10: 1841622427

ISBN-13: 9781841622422

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Table of Contents

(1) Introduction

(2) Chapter 1 Background Information

(3) Chapter 2 Practical Information

(4) Chapter 3 Bogotá

(5) Chapter 4 North of Bogotá

(6) Chapter 5 Los Llanos

(7) Chapter 6 San Andrés Archipelago

(8) Chapter 7 Amazonia

(9) Chapter 8 The Southwest Interior

(10) Chapter 9 The Northwest Interior

(11) Chapter 10 The Pacific Coast

(12) Chapter 11 The Atlantic Coast

(13) Appendix 1 Amazon Natural History

(14) Appendix 2 Language

(15) Appendix 3 Further Information

(16) Index

About the Author

Sarah Woods is an accomplished travel writer with extensive worldwide travel experience. She is author of Panama: The Bradt Travel Guide which won British Guild of Travel Writers’ Best Guide Book Award in 2005.

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