Top 10 Amazing Facts About Colombia
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1 Plastic surgery isn't taboo have you ever come back from a long break and noticed a colleague or a classmate looked different you probably felt weird asking if they were the same person huh well nose job vacations are perfectly fine to talk about in Colombia Colombia's culture doesn't chastise plastic surgery in fact many women get nips and tucks from ages as young as 15 years old there are world-class surgeons in many of the country's main cities and surgeries are much more affordable than they are in the u.s. this makes it so women hardly hesitate to change something they're not happy with popular surgeries are nose jobs breast augmentations and even butt implants this makes it one of the world's most popular surgery hubs while it's great that women feel the power to change what they want some say it increases the pressure on young women to have extraordinary features.
2 Explosive sports have you ever wanted to drink and play dangerous games at the same time look no further Colombia has a traditional sport called tell which sparks a lot of passion in both locals and foreigners pun intended the sport consists of throwing a metal or clay disc at a sack of gunpowder found underneath a pit of sand everyone gets a chance hitting the gunpowder triggers up pop and the more alcohol you drink as you play the more fun you're having it's regularly played in a bowling alley type structure outdoors with beers among friends it's not just practiced in small towns and villages either there's an available tour in one of Columbia's largest cities Methos een.
3 Rainbow River you may have heard of rainbow trout which is disappointingly very normal coloured but have you ever heard of a rainbow river no no no we're not taking YouTube Willy Wonka's chocolate factory instead we're looking at the Super Instagram abode tourist attraction of Colombia Colombia has a river that draws thousands of tourists per year due to its surprising colors located in the province of meta it's commonly called the five color River it's Biosystems the Andes the eastern jaw nose and the Amazon rainforest give it it's amazing appearance in July through November you'll find the river colored yellow green blue black and red with plants and wildlife.
4 National anthem while in the United States we hear the national anthem mostly when we're at sporting events Colombia plays the national anthem by law every morning and evening on the radio and TV sound like a bit much maybe but it's a great way of creating a presence in citizens lives this allows the people of Colombia to hear their national anthem remember their national pride and maybe even feel like their beloved national soccer team is about to play once again the unique law created in 1995 requires the Colombia national anthem to play on TV and the radio each day at 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. what would you do if that happened in your country.
5 All about that cycling with its mountains valleys and winding roads for decades Colombia is a huge fan of cycling locals often go cycling up steep mountains on the weekends for fun and exercise in fact the largest bike route on the continent is located in Colombia how long you ask 300 kilometres or about a hundred and eighty six miles now we're talking it's no wonder why Colombia has in the past ten years produced some of the world's leading champion in cycling and BMX biking like nairo quintana mariana Pahang and Rigoberto Uran who have brought home gold medals and honors from all over the world even the Olympics and the Tour de France despite never making it to the finals of a FIFA World Cup football remains just as popular as it is elsewhere other sports include piranha Chaza and bullfighting.
6 Government-funded street art Columbia stopped fighting young people with aerosol cans ages ago we don't mean people fine-tuning their perms with hairspray I mean those are tolerable too but we're talking about street artists in big cities like Bogota and metha seen street artists aren't just tolerated they're government-funded both cities have famous bike tours through the city's urban art that talk about the history and hardships that the scenes are based on a magazine in tired tunnels have been painted during nocturnal government-funded block parties where each artist was supported to paint beautiful murals along the street where the meth Essene Zoo is located the mayor's office paid for murals of the city's unique bird species to be painted this allows locals to feel proud of the local art the architecture and the beauty of their city.
7 A booty worth billions no no no we're not still talking about plastic surgery but rather a volute found off the shore of Colombia the pirate kind billions of dollars seventeen billion dollars to be exact worth of riches from an old Spanish shipwreck the ship from over three hundred years ago found in 2015 was carrying gold silver and emeralds from the mine's of Potosi Peru the shipwreck was discovered thanks to the same vehicle that uncovered the 2011 Air France 447 wreckage and helped map and photograph the ship that stole all our hearts the Titanic the discovery of the ship was significant because of the riches not just in value but in historical and cultural artifacts carried inside the Colombian government plans to create a museum and laboratory to preserve and display the artifacts the catch UNESCO called on Colombia to not exploit the wreck and the location is still a state secret.
8 Bird watchers paradise with over 300 super diverse ecosystems Colombia is home to over 1,800 species of birds the most in the world bird watchers arrived annually to catch sight of rare finds that call Colombia their home including the Emerald to canet white throated toucan keel-billed toucan American Flamingo and the andean condor for other wildlife lovers you'll also be treated to cotton-top tamarin 1600 known species of butterfly Jaguar poison dart frogs giant anteaters sloths Pumas spider monkeys Whakaari and many more Columbia also has some of the most diverse wildlife in the world including the wait for it pink Amazon river dolphin.
9 Panama who before Panama was Panama it was part of Colombia the separation all started with the history of the Panama Canal whose construction was first in the hands of France the cost of the canal and rebellions in Panama - separate from its neighbor to the South led to the abandonment of this construction for a decade kind of like when your homework just gets too hard and you decide to not do it anymore in the end with all these factors included Colombia not cooperating with the canal the US interest to continue the project Panama's Declaration of Independence and Frances financing of it everyone got what they wanted except for Colombia that is who is left empty-handed until 1909 when Panama paid them five hundred thousand dollars to cover their share of the tab.
10 It's blowing up the charts you're probably hearing Colombian music on the radio whether you know it or not you're tuned into that one country music station or the hardrock one or anyway they've come a long way since having Shakira now we hear Colombians like J Balvin maluma Sebastien yatra Caleo cheese and Jesse Reyes loud and proud on international stages after the Puerto Ricans Esposito hit Colombians took that ladder and climbed all the way up bringing their local hits to a much more global market B gente bi J Balvin hit platinum in 13 countries and topped the charts in many more the remix reached an even bigger audience with Queen Bey it won most performed song was nominated for top Latin song hot Latin song of the year airplay song of the year digital song of the year favourite urban song of the year and many more as far as youtubers go be sure to check out
We will see you soon in the next Article God Bless You.
1 Plastic surgery isn't taboo have you ever come back from a long break and noticed a colleague or a classmate looked different you probably felt weird asking if they were the same person huh well nose job vacations are perfectly fine to talk about in Colombia Colombia's culture doesn't chastise plastic surgery in fact many women get nips and tucks from ages as young as 15 years old there are world-class surgeons in many of the country's main cities and surgeries are much more affordable than they are in the u.s. this makes it so women hardly hesitate to change something they're not happy with popular surgeries are nose jobs breast augmentations and even butt implants this makes it one of the world's most popular surgery hubs while it's great that women feel the power to change what they want some say it increases the pressure on young women to have extraordinary features.
2 Explosive sports have you ever wanted to drink and play dangerous games at the same time look no further Colombia has a traditional sport called tell which sparks a lot of passion in both locals and foreigners pun intended the sport consists of throwing a metal or clay disc at a sack of gunpowder found underneath a pit of sand everyone gets a chance hitting the gunpowder triggers up pop and the more alcohol you drink as you play the more fun you're having it's regularly played in a bowling alley type structure outdoors with beers among friends it's not just practiced in small towns and villages either there's an available tour in one of Columbia's largest cities Methos een.
3 Rainbow River you may have heard of rainbow trout which is disappointingly very normal coloured but have you ever heard of a rainbow river no no no we're not taking YouTube Willy Wonka's chocolate factory instead we're looking at the Super Instagram abode tourist attraction of Colombia Colombia has a river that draws thousands of tourists per year due to its surprising colors located in the province of meta it's commonly called the five color River it's Biosystems the Andes the eastern jaw nose and the Amazon rainforest give it it's amazing appearance in July through November you'll find the river colored yellow green blue black and red with plants and wildlife.
4 National anthem while in the United States we hear the national anthem mostly when we're at sporting events Colombia plays the national anthem by law every morning and evening on the radio and TV sound like a bit much maybe but it's a great way of creating a presence in citizens lives this allows the people of Colombia to hear their national anthem remember their national pride and maybe even feel like their beloved national soccer team is about to play once again the unique law created in 1995 requires the Colombia national anthem to play on TV and the radio each day at 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. what would you do if that happened in your country.
5 All about that cycling with its mountains valleys and winding roads for decades Colombia is a huge fan of cycling locals often go cycling up steep mountains on the weekends for fun and exercise in fact the largest bike route on the continent is located in Colombia how long you ask 300 kilometres or about a hundred and eighty six miles now we're talking it's no wonder why Colombia has in the past ten years produced some of the world's leading champion in cycling and BMX biking like nairo quintana mariana Pahang and Rigoberto Uran who have brought home gold medals and honors from all over the world even the Olympics and the Tour de France despite never making it to the finals of a FIFA World Cup football remains just as popular as it is elsewhere other sports include piranha Chaza and bullfighting.
6 Government-funded street art Columbia stopped fighting young people with aerosol cans ages ago we don't mean people fine-tuning their perms with hairspray I mean those are tolerable too but we're talking about street artists in big cities like Bogota and metha seen street artists aren't just tolerated they're government-funded both cities have famous bike tours through the city's urban art that talk about the history and hardships that the scenes are based on a magazine in tired tunnels have been painted during nocturnal government-funded block parties where each artist was supported to paint beautiful murals along the street where the meth Essene Zoo is located the mayor's office paid for murals of the city's unique bird species to be painted this allows locals to feel proud of the local art the architecture and the beauty of their city.
7 A booty worth billions no no no we're not still talking about plastic surgery but rather a volute found off the shore of Colombia the pirate kind billions of dollars seventeen billion dollars to be exact worth of riches from an old Spanish shipwreck the ship from over three hundred years ago found in 2015 was carrying gold silver and emeralds from the mine's of Potosi Peru the shipwreck was discovered thanks to the same vehicle that uncovered the 2011 Air France 447 wreckage and helped map and photograph the ship that stole all our hearts the Titanic the discovery of the ship was significant because of the riches not just in value but in historical and cultural artifacts carried inside the Colombian government plans to create a museum and laboratory to preserve and display the artifacts the catch UNESCO called on Colombia to not exploit the wreck and the location is still a state secret.
8 Bird watchers paradise with over 300 super diverse ecosystems Colombia is home to over 1,800 species of birds the most in the world bird watchers arrived annually to catch sight of rare finds that call Colombia their home including the Emerald to canet white throated toucan keel-billed toucan American Flamingo and the andean condor for other wildlife lovers you'll also be treated to cotton-top tamarin 1600 known species of butterfly Jaguar poison dart frogs giant anteaters sloths Pumas spider monkeys Whakaari and many more Columbia also has some of the most diverse wildlife in the world including the wait for it pink Amazon river dolphin.
9 Panama who before Panama was Panama it was part of Colombia the separation all started with the history of the Panama Canal whose construction was first in the hands of France the cost of the canal and rebellions in Panama - separate from its neighbor to the South led to the abandonment of this construction for a decade kind of like when your homework just gets too hard and you decide to not do it anymore in the end with all these factors included Colombia not cooperating with the canal the US interest to continue the project Panama's Declaration of Independence and Frances financing of it everyone got what they wanted except for Colombia that is who is left empty-handed until 1909 when Panama paid them five hundred thousand dollars to cover their share of the tab.
10 It's blowing up the charts you're probably hearing Colombian music on the radio whether you know it or not you're tuned into that one country music station or the hardrock one or anyway they've come a long way since having Shakira now we hear Colombians like J Balvin maluma Sebastien yatra Caleo cheese and Jesse Reyes loud and proud on international stages after the Puerto Ricans Esposito hit Colombians took that ladder and climbed all the way up bringing their local hits to a much more global market B gente bi J Balvin hit platinum in 13 countries and topped the charts in many more the remix reached an even bigger audience with Queen Bey it won most performed song was nominated for top Latin song hot Latin song of the year airplay song of the year digital song of the year favourite urban song of the year and many more as far as youtubers go be sure to check out
We will see you soon in the next Article God Bless You.
