The mysterious statues of St. Agustin
Verry little is known about the St. Agustin culture that existed in Southern Colombia for thousands of years. Near the village of St. Agustin in Southern Colombia hundreds of statues like this one have been excavated. They are estimated to be around 1.500 years old.
St. Agustin will become a well-known tourist hotspot very soon, but when I was there in 2015, the touristic development was still at its beginning since the Colombian civil war had just ended.
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In fact, Colombia has a lot to offer at a tourist level, to pray that the illegal armed groups are no longer the protagonists of the news, if not the natural beauties that we have.
Colombia is such a wonderful country! It was a shame I had only two weeks to travel Colombia, but I enjoyed my time there a lot. At the time I was there, there were still FARC rebels and armed groups in the area around St. Agustin, but it was mostly safe to visit. Since the peace treaty has been approved now, I hope the situation is better?
For now everything seems to be calm. We are going to pray that this is lasting.
:)