Caño Cristales, A five color river in Colombia

Caño Cristales

Is a river of Colombia is located in the Sierra de la Macarena, in the municipality of the same name, in the department of Meta.

"Los ochos" in Caño Cristales

It has been called "the river of five colors", "the rainbow melted" or even "the most beautiful river in the world", since in his background freshwater algae of different colors, producing the sensation reproduce being in front of a river of five colors: red, yellow, green, blue and black, mainly.

Site of day, Big Ben

The Big Ben

The Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, and often extended to refer to the clock and the clock tower.

The Big Ben 

Site of day, Tazumal.

The Tazumal Ruins

Tazumal was a one of the first major Salvadorean sites to be scientifically excavated, by Stanley H. Boggs, who started the first of several field  seasons in 1943. The site is surrounded by the modern city of Chalchuapa and, unfortunately, not much of the site was purchased for the archaeological park.

What you see today is the large pyramid, with its many remodelings and additions, and the ball court, badly damaged by its many years as part of the city cementery. The Tazumal park also contains the large Olmec rock carving from finca Las Victorias.