Personal experience

Our personal experience:

• If you haven't gone to this places you should go because they are an important part of our cultural heritage and  there you can have fun at this interactive places in which you will have fun with your family, school, classmates or even by yourself!
  • Are great places for learning more about our history and nature of our beautiful country and cities. 
  •They are great places since some of them are public and they receive both children and adults.
  •These places are very economic even thought they have many important objects that are unfixable. Sometimes they offer a cheap price or even they have a free day for families or visitors of other countries.
  

Authors biography

Authors biography

Sophie Fernandez Leal:

 

She was born in Bogotá D.C on June 19th 2001.

She loves to sing, act, listen to music, study all subjects like: English, math, science, Spanish and social studies, she loves to play instruments and to swim in competitions.

She lives with her mom, dad, big sister and big brother.

She studies at Abraham Lincoln School in 5c.

Gina Stefani Guataqui:

She was born in Bogotá D.C on August 9th 2001.

She loves animals, plays the viola, practices basketball and loves to make crafts. 

She lives with her mom, dad, big brother and her dog.

She studies at Abraham Lincoln School.


Valentina Salazar Mendez:



She was born in Bogotá D.C on September 26th 2001.
She loves to sing, hear music, play the piano, read books, study science and to play basketball.
She lives with her mom, dad, small brother and her cat.
She studies at Abraham Lincoln School.

Botanic Garden

Botanic Garden

The Botanic Garden is a beautiful place that contains many plants from our country and other countries too, one of the most important is our "palma de cera" or "palm wax" which is the Colombian national tree. This tree has many characteristics like it can reach about 70 meters of height and when a leave falls it leaves a black ring in it's trunk.

The Botanic garden contains an exhibition about the ecosystems in which they simulate each ecosystem so you can learn about them. This garden contains a variety of plants thanks to José Celestino Mutis which created the "Botanic expedition" unfortunately the Botanic garden wasn't founded by him, it was founded or created in honor of José Celestino Mutis in 1995 by Enrique Pérez Arbeláez.

The botanic garden is the biggest garden in all of Colombia an contains a big variety of plants like our national tree. I think you should visit it since it is a great place for learning about nature and it's types of plants and ecosystems.

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Information taken from:
http://portel.bogota.gov.co/portel/libreria/php/x_frame_detalle.php?id=30840
http://www.jbb.gov.co/

Maloka

Maloka

 

Maloka is a fun scientific & technologic place in which both are shown in an interactive way. Maloka has won many recognitions for its experiments, exhibitions or projects since they make science and technology fun and creative for all the children and their families.

Maloka contains many attractions like a roller coaster simulator or an energy tower. I recommend you to visit Maloka since it is an interesting and interactive place in which you can learn many things about science or technology. It is also an important cultural place for our country since it has won many awards for its knowledge.
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Information taken from:
www.maloka.org

Quinta de Bolivar

Quinta de Bolivar

The Quinta de Bolivar is a fun historic place with many activities, expositions and tours. The Quinta de Bolivar was given to Simon Bolivar after the war of the independence; the Quinta was damaged because of the deteriorating. After the final victory over the Spanish, the government of New Granada acquired the property with the purpose of giving it to the Liberator, “as a small token of gratitude and appreciation that is constituted by the Department of Cundinamarca so immense benefits that it has fulfilled His Excellency,
giving back our freedom.”

There are many fun activities like guided tours in English, Scavenger hunts and commented visits. The Quinta de Bolivar is also a green place because it’s full of beautiful flowers and vegetables of that time. I really like The Quinta de Bolivar because of all the antiques and objects that were used in that time even if most of them weren’t of Bolivar, I also really like it because it shows how life was in the past and how technology has helped the evolution of life.

Adapted from:

www.quintadebolivar.gov.co

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Gold museum

Gold museum

 

The gold museum is one of the most important places in all of Colombia. It's a cultural place in which you will learn more about our ancestors and how was their life in the past, you will also understand how they managed gold to make crafts like: masks, jewelry, pots, small figurine animals or humans and the most important object in the museum the Muisca raft. This museum contains 34.000 pieces of gold and 20.000 that are of other materials like: ceramic or textiles.

 

 

The gold museum contains many activities like tours and expositions that are in the museum for a short period of time. It also haves a restaurant in which you can have lunch or dinner if you haven't eaten yet. So if you haven't gone to the gold museum you should go because it's an important part of our cultural heritage and it's a fun and interactive place in which you will have fun with your family, school, classmates or even by yourself!

 

 

I recommend the gold museum to people who haven't gone yet, so if you haven't gone check the gold museum page for information about tours, expositions and schedules to have a great experience.

 

Images of some pieces of the museum:

                                                             

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Images and some information taken from:



http://www.colombia.travel/es/informe-especial/615-museo-del-oro-un-magico-tesoro-en-el-centro-de-bogota

Cartagena

Cartagena

Cartagena is a large Caribbean beach resort city on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean coast region and capital of Bolivar department. The city has a population of 892.545.000 people in all ,as of the 2005 cense, making it the fifth largest city in Colombia and giving the Cartagena urban area the status of fifth largest urban area in Colombia.

Cartagena is an important center of the economic activities in the Caribbean; as well a popular touristic center.

In 1984 Cartagena’s colonial wall city was designated an UNESCO world heritage site. ´´visit Cartagena is an awesome city, I like it so you would like too’’

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Bogotá

Bogotá

Bogota is the capital of Colombia and also the most important and visited city in all Colombia. Bogota is a 2,600 meters above sea level, this city is located in the Andes mountain.

Bogota has more than 60 museums and art galleries. This city counts whit more than 29 religions, this city is the largest city in Colombia. This city is one of the most populous city in south America.

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Colombia

Colombia

 

Colombia is one of the most beautiful countries; it is the 3^rd country in the entire world with more ecosystems and biodiversity. In Colombia we can find awesome flowers and exotic animals. The capital of Colombia is Bogota D.C a powerful city.

This country is located between the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean ocean. Near to the Caribbean Ocean we can find an exciting island called San Andres, this island is the most visited tropical island in the world; because San Andres has a tropical weather during all the year.

 

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