caribbean region

CARIBBEAN REGION WILDER JULIAN

ARIAS HERNANDEZ ANYELA ORTIZ

MARIA FERNANDA DELGADO

CLAUDIA PAOLA LUNA

ROCIO ROZO

GRADE : 11TH INSTITUTO TECNICO PATIOS

CENTRO N°2 SEDE LA SABANA

WELCOME TO THE CARIBBEAN REGION, ENJOY HIS NATURAL

BEAUTIES AND HELP TO PRESERVE HIS NATURAL

RESOURCES

CARIBBEAN

REGION

CARIBBEAN REGION

• The Caribbean región is famous for its beaches. The local people earn their living from tourism cattle raising, banana growing, Coal mining at cerrejón, and The manuare Salt mines.

The manuare Salt mines.

Coal mining at cerrejón

banana growing

• Typical local dishes are coconut rice, cassava roll, and cornmeal roll with an egg inside.

Typical local dishes

Coconut rice

corn meal roll with an egg inside.

cassava roll

The proximity to the atlantic ocean makes sea food a staple. It includes shrimp, lobster ,crab and oysters. fresh and saltwater fish include snapper, spanish mackerel, sea bass,mojarra, and bocachico a small mouthed fish.

lobster crab

sea food

oysters

shrimp

other popular foods are plantains, guineo ( small green plantain) corn to make arepas and tamale masa, and white rice.

foods and drinks typical of the atlantic coast.

in the atlantic region's most representative dishes are sancocho de bagre a soup made of this fish , viuda de pescado, fried bocachico ,arroz con coco , cocadas , and buñuelos de maiz or corn fritters. also, people in the atlantic coast , specifically la guajira, eat carne de chivo or goat meat in small pieces .Drinkings of the atlantic coast : fresh fruit , juices made of oranges ,bananas ,lemons, mangoes,guanabana,pineapple,watermelon etc.also having suero ,a kind of sour yogurt you put on yucca, fried plantains or arepa.

Typical dancesTypical dances are the cumbia, vellenato, porro and mapalé.

DANCES OF THE CARIBBEAN REGION

The cumbia

vallenato

Porro

mapalé

CARTAGENA

CARTAGENA IS ONE OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR TOURIST SITES OF THE CARIBBEAN. UNESCO DECLARED IT TO BE A HUMAN HERITAGE CITY .THIS IS A COLONIAL CITY WITH FINE BEACHES AND HISTORICAL SITES BRINGING BACK MEMORIES OF ITS FIRST INHABITANTS .

SANTA MARTA

LESS THAN TWO HOURS AWAY FROM CARTAGENA IS SANTA MARTA, THIS IS WHERE THE LIBERTADOR SIMON BOLIVAR DIED IN THE HOUSE CALLED SAN PEDRO ALEJANDRINO.IN SANTA MARTA WE FIND THE REDADERO BEACHES, A FAVOURITE PLACE FOR PRACTICING AQUATIC SPORTS.NEARBY IS THE TAYRONA NATIONAL PARK, A ZONE FULL OF ARCHEOLOGICAL TREASURES.

San Pedro Alejandrino

House where the libertador simón bolívar died

Other Tourist Sites

TAYRONA NATIONAL PARK

THE RODADERO BEACHES

SIERRA NEVADA DE SANTA MARTA

LA GUAJIRA

FOLLOWING THE SAME ROUTE WE REACH LA GUAJIRA, WHERE THE SEA ,BEACH AND DESERT COMBINE TO OFFER us BEAUTIFUL SCENERY.

La Guajira

IMPORTANT PROJECTS HERE ARE THE CERREJON COAL MINES, THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD, THE MANAURE SALT MINES AND CABO DE LA VELA, THE NORTHERN MOST TIP OF OUR COUNTRY.

IMPORTANT SITES

CABO DE LA VELA

THE NORTHERN MOST TIP OF OUR COUNTRY

THE CERREJON COAL MINES

WE FINISH THIS RAPID TRIP THROUGH OUR CARIBBEAN REGION WITH THE SUNNY BEACHES OF TOLÚ AND COVEÑAS, AND BARRANQUILLA ONE OF THE MAIN OCEAN PORTS ON THE ATLANTIC COAST.

BEACHES OF TOLÚ AND COVEÑAS

BARRANQUILLATHE CARIBBEAN IS FAMOUS FOR TOURISM AND THE CARNIVALS THAT TAKE PLACE ALL YEAR ROUND.THE MAIN ONES ARE: THE CARNIVAL BARRANQUILLA, THE SEA FAIR

THE CARNIVAL BARRANQUILLA

Colombia’s golden Gate

CARIBBEAN

REGION

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