san andres: octubre 2009

lunes, 26 de octubre de 2009

traspote media to reach

is the most recommended means of transportation to come visit san andres

is the second and last half of traspote to reach the island in addition to enjoy a beautiful sea

domingo, 25 de octubre de 2009

the best hotels in san andres

Apartahotel Las Americas
Apartahotel Tres Casitas
Hotel Arena Blanca
Hotel Bahia Sardina
Hotel Calipso Beach Hotel
Hotel Casablanca
Hotel Cocoplum Beach
Hotel Decameron Aquarium
Hotel Decameron Isleño
Hotel Decameron Los Delfines
Hotel Decameron Marazul
Hotel Decameron Maryland
Hotel Decameron San Luis
Hotel El Dorado
Hotel Hill Side View
Hotel Lord Pierre
Hotel Portobelo
Hotel San Andrés Noble House
Hotel Sea Flower
Hotel Sea Horse Inn
Hotel Sol Caribe Campo
Hotel Sol Caribe Centro
Hotel Sol Caribe Providencia
Hotel Sunrise (GHL Hoteles)
Hotel Tiuna
Hotel Verde Mar

Apartahotel the Americas

It has 52 comfortable and comfortable bedrooms with air conditioning, cable TV, telephone and refrigerator with minibar. It is able to accommodate 200 people. Located a block and a half of the best beaches on the island and in the heart of commerce

Aparthotel Tres Casitas

their cabins can enjoy air conditioning, cable TV, telephone, minibar, refrigerator and kitchenette with full strength, pool, bar. Located in the Zona Rosa near the sea, balconies, dock with direct access to the sea.

Arena Blanca Hotel

has comfortable rooms with excellent views, six suites with Jacuzzi, air conditioning, cable TV, room service, national direct dial telephone and in - tional service, hot water, fresh water service, buffet restaurant, children's buffet, bar, swimming pools for adults and children, electric, acoustic shell, live show every day, smoke alarm and park. At Hotel Arena Blanca All guests are special so do not hesitate to schedule their trips mothers, teenagers, alone and lonely, honeymooners, seniors, students, conferences and conventions.

Hotel Bahia Sardina

It represents a new style of island hospitality. Located opposite the main beaches in the center (Sprat Bay) and within walking distance of trade, offers its guests all the comforts of the modern hotel with a distinct style, uncomplicated and efficient. It has 42 rooms spread over two towers: Tower A (24 rooms), with sea view and balcony, Tower B (18 rooms), with an interior view. Each is equipped with air conditioning, electronic safety box, refrigerator with minibar, cable TV, remote control, telephone with national and international direct dialing, hot water. To enjoy offers its guests a restaurant, pool bar, room service, swimming pool, towels and chairs for the beach and pool, baby bottles station, crib service, water treatment plant and power plant emergency.

hotel calipso

it represents a new style of island hospitality. Located opposite the main beaches in the center (Sprat Bay) and within walking distance of trade, offers its guests all the comforts of the modern hotel with a distinct style, uncomplicated and efficient. It has 42 rooms spread over two towers: Tower A (24 rooms), with sea view and balcony, Tower B (18 rooms), with an interior view. Each is equipped with air conditioning, electronic safety box, refrigerator with minibar, cable TV, remote control, telephone with national and international direct dialing, hot water. To enjoy offers its guests a restaurant, pool bar, service

Hotel Casablanca

Privileged seafront location in one of the best beaches on the island, beach Sprat Bight. With direct access to the new waterfront walkway. Program all-inclusive, unlimited consumption, breakfast, lunch, snack and dinner buffet until ten at night with liquors and domestic cigarettes. Show, activities and live music. Special programs for businesses, schools, quince and workshops, conference room, 55 rooms of which 12 are duplex completely renovated and comfortably equipped with capacity for up to eight people. Central air conditioning, satellite TV, hot water, fridge in the rooms, safety box. Coconuts Bar, restaurant Casablanca Tropical restaurant, terrace on the pedestrian boardwalk cafe Caffe Sea Watch. Events & Meetings Lounge, laundry, baby cots, pool, lift chairs, sunny, beach towels and pool, direct dial telephone, travel agency, currency exchange and car re

Hotel Cocoplum

Located on the best beach in San Luis, just 10 minutes from downtown and near major tourist attractions of the island, waiting for the Cocoplum Beach Hotel. A true beach hotel with rustic setting located near the sea so you can enjoy the soft murmur in addition to the restaurant, terrace bar, pool, playground, sunny, massage, large private beach, laundry facilities, safe , internet, car rental and recreational activities. It has a new meeting room with all the visual aids for up to 60 people. It offers 24 comfortable double rooms and 20 family suites with 2 newly remodeled rooms, some with two bathrooms and tub. All with a beautiful view from your balcony, air conditioning, ceiling fan, satellite TV, telephone, refrigerator and hot water

Hotel Decameron Aquarium

Five Resorts spectacular against the best beaches, 728 rooms, 18 restaurants, 18 bars, 5 clubs and 14 pools, more than 50 animators, jewelry and souvenir shops, telephone, satellite television, air conditioning, dive centers and water sports shows and live music, mini-market, currency exchange, travel agencies, convention centers, transportation between the five hotels for free. You can choose your hotel according to their tastes, preferences and budgets. Choose the Decameron you want and enjoy them all without any charge. All-inclusive accommodation, breakfast and lunch buffet, à la carte dinner, unlimited drinks and spirits, open bar 24 hours, water sports, discotheque with open bar, entertainment, show and live music every night

Decameron Isleño

Decameron Boutique "DOLPHIN"

Feel the peace and true rest, the deep blue and the pleasure of the breeze in constant motion, very near the sea, far from ordinary. Double rooms, apartments, air conditioning, cable TV, pool, cafeteria, restaurant, bar, room safe and power plant. Minicursos diving.

Decameron Marazul

Decameron Maryland

Hotel El Dorado

It is located opposite the beach. It has 63 rooms completely renovated, individually controlled air conditioning, digital safety box, color Tv.a Direct TV, telephone, minibar, balcony with ocean views and excellent bathroom. A panoramic lift, lets you enjoy a beautiful view. Pool, restaurant, Rose Room (buffet), cafeteria, ballroom, children's playground with rides, social areas are available. Provides recreation and directed shows.

Hotel Lord Pierre

It has 60 rooms, 48 of which are standard (maximum 4 persons), 10 Junior Suite (maximum 3 persons), 2 Suite. Each is equipped with air conditioning, TV, fridge, clock radio, hairdryer and safety box.

Our location is perfect, we own on the sea beach and a short walk from the trade and movement of the center. Our dock is great and you can practice diving, windsurfing and jet skiing. The pool bar is provocative and Offshore needed to enjoy the twilight of a sunny day in the Caribbean.

Hoteles Portobelo

There are two small hotels, located off the best beaches on the island and two blocks from the best commercial area of San Andres. They offer great rooms, main with ocean view, equipped with central air conditioning, mini bar, cable TV, telephone and spacious bathrooms with fresh water. It also has power plant emergency, internet café and executive. Guests sailing a classic 41-foot boat, the Rainbow 's End "with which they can enjoy some of the innovative plans and the wonderful feeling of sailing between the magical blue of the Caribbean, attended by a Bilingual crew.

hotel sunrise

the Sunrise Beach Hotel with luxury rooms and suites with large terraces to watch the big blue Caribbean. And to get in shape, a spectacular pool bar at sea, off the beach. Gym, spa, sauna, Turkish bath, massage, tennis court and water sports. We invite you to enjoy our specialty restaurants, bars, disco and the best environment to enjoy your holidays and conventions.

HOW ARE THE ROOMS

HEALTH AND RECREATION

Beach volley. Tennis Court. Water sports: diving, sail, jet ski, ski, boat rides. Ping Pong. Table Game. SUN Gym Spa. Turkish bath & Jacuzzi. Solarium tanning for a complete and perfect.

RESTAURANTS PARADISE

Facing the Caribbean Sea, near the ocean waves music show. The buffet is served. A tropical paradise without limitations. Casual, easygoing and cheerful from breakfast to dinner. With an appealing letter designed to please all tastes. Delights of paradise that invites us to sin on a plate

HENRIETTE

Be prepared. You can not miss this appointment with the elegance and exclusivity of a dinner of legend. Wines and champagnes to accompany the most zealous of our chef secrets that are discovered on the palate. Enjoy it all without hurry or anxiety. Sophisticated demonstration of international cuisine.

NIGHTLIFE

When night falls, tropical and Caribbean music are constantly ringing in our night scenes, those catchy melodies inciting Caribbean dance and enjoy.

KISS DISCO BAR

Melon The warm island atmosphere is the ideal partner to live the most unforgettable moments, perfect preamble to discover the night. Designed for listening and dancing to tropical music of yesterday and today. Sporting events broadcast live and live becomes a spectacle which no one wants to miss a minute to follow each step and the excitement of sport

DEEP BLUE DISCO

It is categorized as one of the top 3 in Latin America, come and enjoy the 3 bars and 2 dance floors, light, laser show, amplification and sound perfect. With a capacity of 800 people. Will have plenty of nights to enjoy Deep Blues

OTHER SERVICES

Laundry and Valet

Business Center Private Parking

Room Service 24 hours.

Comecial passage. Playground

Wi-Fi Internet Customer Service Are

Panoramic lifts. Mini-Math

jueves, 22 de octubre de 2009

Sports

kitesurfing

What is it? For many, the Kite is a kind of cross between surfing, windsurfing, wakeboarding and paragliding. He is considered one of the most extreme water sports, though not at all dangerous How to practice To practice the kite, you need a kite, which varies in size according to the pulling power, which are desired. This is secured to the waist of the person, by two to four pulleys connected by a harness. To glide, you need a surfboard. Which, in most cases, is much smaller, than the original. This, in order to have a range of maneuverability, much higher than usual l kite kits consists of: Comet Address bar Harness Table And optionally can include security and comfort as: Casco Life jacket (buoyancy or crash) Wetsuits and booties Kitesurfing San Andres On our island kitesurfing known at least approximately 7 to 8 years, practiced for the first time a French citizen who visited our island, and since then has been doing this extreme sport. Currently kitesurfing is much stronger, there is a specific site where you can get rental equipment and take lessons kitesurfing custom, which only requires about 5 to 6 hours to know everything about this sport. This place where we practice this sport is called Charney, practiced a lot the first few months of the year to June is the season with plenty of sunshine and viento.El rest of the year when sunny days with good wind

diving

San Andres is a good place for diving in and around the so-called sea of seven colors with almost forty points to plunge. It offers exciting dives in the coral reef wall from the east, and many opportunities for multilevel dives in the coral gardens on the western side, there are also some caves and tunnels for discovering all kinds of wildlife within them.

holidays and celebrations

Fiesta Patrias: July 20

Majestic patriotic parade in the downtown area of the island of the archipelago with cultural presentations

August 7. September: Green Moon Festival.

The Green Moon Festival is a celebration to reveal a way of life and celebrate it's own Afro-Caribbean people. Despite having a recent origin, the festival presents features that tell the history of these Islands. The complete disappearance of the indigenous and the colonization by the British who brought Africans to labor on large plantations, are manifested today in San Andrés culture The Green Moon Festival is a celebration to reveal a way of life and celebrate it's own Afro-Caribbean people. Despite having a recent origin, the festival presents features that tell the history of these Islands. The complete disappearance of the indigenous and the colonization by the British who brought Africans to labor on large plantations, are manifested today in San Andrés culture. The festival begins with an exciting way that runs through the main thoroughfares of San Andrés to the beat of martial drums that mark the compass, used by the hosts of the large percussion band to develop original choreography. The rhythms are accompanied by military marching steps suggested by drum keys, which vary according to the leader that leads to youth marching band. These leaders establish a sort of competition with each other when, being in front of the band, rhythmic markings indicate that the whole must interpret and move without losing contact with the preceding rhythm.

October: Religious Choirs Festival

Regional Meeting of Choirs: Participating choirs from different churches of the archipelago.

October 12: Columbus Day,

Patriotic parade in the industry and native cultural presentations Loma de la Isla

By celebrating this important date, islanders continue to demonstrate once again its cultural roots, strengthening their own cultural traditions and typical of this island territory, leaving a legacy of values and principles for the future inhabitants of this beautiful natural paradise. The Navy working for the culture and social development of all inhabitants of the islands. SNA

International Theater Festival "Ethnic Roots:

This activity is related to the preservation and

promotion of recreational and artistic activities among youth and adults of the Department, thus having the opportunity to exchange experiences and share the stage with groups from other regions of Colombia and the world.

That was how the Navy through the Specific Command of San Andres and Providencia with its components Naval and Marine Corps, Air Group of the Caribbean, the National Police and schools on the island, marched through the main streets of the sector "Loma" in tribute to that 12 October 1492, when at two o'clock in the morning, after 72 days of sailing Christopher Columbus and his expedition sighted land. By celebrating this important date, islanders continue to demonstrate once again its cultural roots, strengthening their own cultural traditions and typical of this island territory, leaving a legacy of values and principles for the future inhabitants of this beautiful natural paradise. The Navy working for the culture and social development of all inhabitants of the islands. SNA

CARNIVAL OF COCO

It falls in the month of November 27 to 30, marks the birthday of St. Andrew and carry out a reign of Coco, a contest in which several countries participate in the Atlantic Coast and neighboring islands.

folclor folklore

dance

Today, within the diverse range of dances performed on the island, European dances like the quadrille, the mazurka, the polka shotis and prominently, as are those traditionally practiced. West Indies get the mind, a rhythmic dance in which women hold their skirts and tapped her feet while evoking the gentle swell with shoulder and hip movements. The calypso, from the island of Trinidad is the living evidence of the label African Caribbean dances, it reflects the joy, spontaneity and enthusiasm of Afro-Caribbean culture. In general, the traditional dances of the archipelago are: Mazurka Schottische Pulley Two-Step and half-an-a-half Waltz Slow Waltz Calypso Mind Quadrille Hall

Many of the dances and traditions of this region are also associated with religious beliefs, mystical or mythological
pasillo

calipso

music and rhythms

Traditional musicians present on these islands implemented its harmony from acoustic instruments like guitar and bass tub, while new players, younger, they use electric guitars and basses. They are accompanied on percussion, plus the roller, with maracas. The sailors have been a key to feed the repertoire of these musical forms, because they introduce new topics for songs and musical trends from the southern United States, for example. Today, not only circulate and sound reggae, soka, the suck, the foxtrot and the Parliament, the influence of vallenato, champeta therapy and who have moved from the mainland, they also feed these musics.

rregae

soka

musical instruments used in these songs are:

The mandolin

Used to carry a tune usually is a stringed instrument, ie an instrument in which sound is produced by a string tension that has made up sounding concave ribs with a soundboard and inlays. The peg is metal and has four main and four metal strings that accompany or duplicate those mentioned. Usually played with a plectrum or nail. Its function is replaced, sometimes melodic for the guitar, violin and accordion. Its pitch is the same as the violin, that is, from high to low: E, A, D and Sun

The Guitar

Instrument is a stringed instrument, which has a resonance box 0, drawn-almost always-in cedar, with a cover of pine, This guitar is generally

known as acoustic and has eighteen frets, that are those divisions that have the handle to superimpose fingers over the strings and get the different shades. It undergoes the conjugation of six nylon or gut strings tuned from high to low, as follows: Mi, Si, sun, Re, La and Mi. (E, B, G, D, A and E). The tub-bass, or tinajo tináfono It's another string instrument. It is manufactured using a zinc-jar upside down, to which is placed a thick rope and a wooden rod to stretch and get the desired voltage, which allows its tuning. This is a simple way of bass and produces a sharp sound which serves low harmonic and percussive effect.

The maracas

There are many forms of maracas in Colombia which vary in size and manufacturing

materials. The maracas in this region can be described as follows: The head is constructed by spherical gourds, which are filled with dried seeds inside and produce their sound through the turmoil of the instrument. The handle of it has no distinguishing trait, and are manufactured with any type of wood Options Go to Top of Colombia Cultural Search

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