Riohacha, Fresh Spot of the Colombian Caribbean Coast

Compared to other cities located on the Colombian Caribbean Coast, La Guajira department capital enjoys an enviable geographic location and a good environment. Who comes from big urbs whipped by smog, perceive the air breathed in Riohacha is clean and smog-free. A fresh spot to visit. Due to La Guajira peninsula located on South America’s northernmost point, the city is on the track of trade winds, cooling the local weather.

Riohacha has no traffic issues nor suffers gridlocks, as it happens in other cities near-by. There are no factories nor other industrial centers on the urban area or peripheral zones. As a result, strident aromas associated with those places and a high number of transit vehicles are absent. The aforesaid is evident when a flock of flamingos is sighted flying above the city, or the brown-throated conures are releasing their characteristic call while looking for a grove to inhabit.

Beaches and sea, of easy access, are free of pollutants like coal remains and excess solid waste. Palm trees, mute witnesses of the infinite come and go of the waves and with green hair waved by the breeze, tender shade to dwellers and bathers, who enjoy their company and stepping on ivory-colored sand. The pier, extending from the adjacent sidewalk of La Marina Avenue to where is possible to appreciate the sea’s peaceful and multicolored uniformity, is a boardwalk with iron handrails on which, apart from being able to take a walk under the protection of the sun and breeze, is possible to think and meditate about what inhabits the mind and that comes out only in cool spots like Riohacha.