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Big Picture. Colombia's national tree, the wax palm can grow up to 55 meters in height as seen in the Cocora valley.

Big Picture. View of the Ave.Chile in Bogotá back in 1957 made for Studebakers and Corvairs.

With their regal dress and colorful dress code, the Guambiano indians inhabit the Cauca department.

The Atrato River is a lifeline for many Afro-Colombian communities scattered in the dense rainforests of the Chocó and Antioquia departments.

Bogotá's historic district La Candelaria is known for its colourful façades. It's a part of the capital which withstands change.

Big Picture. Cartagena is a destination for leisure and literature. The corridors under the clock tower sell everything from straw sombreros to old novels.

The Cocuy spans three departments and offers hikers the opportunity to ascend into its glacier-capped summit.

Big Picture. The Huitoto inhabit the jungles of the eastern departments of Putumayo and Caqueta.

Big Picture. The colonial town of Monguí in the central Boyacá highlands was one of the first settlements in the Americas.

Big Picture. The white sandy beaches of Providencia (Old Providence) are used for racing island horses.

Big Picture. A powered parachute takes to the skies near Puerto López in the eastern plains as a Llanero sun begins to set.

A road trip to the Eastern plains in 1957 by four Englishmen and their 'Green mule' required nerves of steel and steady breaks.

Big Picture: Praying to the African Gods deep in the Colombian rainforest of the Chocó.

The Guajira has balanced the wealth from its rich natural resources with the agrarian and fishing ways of locals.

A leap into the known. Diving to cool off from the summer heat in El Guajaro reservoir near Cartagena.

The bare granite mountains of the Mavecuri are a remote and mysterious attraction of Colombia's Guainia department.