Today, April, 24 - was a very touching day. Over ththousand people participated in an event organized by Arboles Pa'l Morro to plant trees in the nearby hill of Cerro de las tres cruces in Medellín's Belén neighborhood. Most of the participants arranged and carried their trees (which they purchased). The volunteers from Arboles Pa´l Morro will be returtning to the site in next few weeks to monitor the condition of planted trees.
I would like to thank and express my great gratitude to all environmental enthusiasts who showed their care for the Earth today.
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La Guajira is becoming a popular travel destination in Colombia for its roustic atmosphere and unique environment. Blue water of Carribean Sea make Cabo de la Vela an attractive destination. And similarly, the orange colored soil, interesting landscape and sand dunes make Punta Gallinas a not to be missed stop in the La Guajira region. While the nature offers us its beauty and peaceful setting, the human behavior has a visible impact on the local environment - the most visible being the amount of trash released around, especially the plastic waste. And even though some sites seem to collect the trash, the inconvenient truth is that such trash is being burned nearby - polluting the air second time (the first time during the production of plastic), leaving trash around and threatening local fauna and flora (many animals confuse plastic with food which may be fatal for them). What can we do? Please try to eliminate your plastic use in everyday life. When visiting La Guajira, please take your plastic waste to a nearby big city (Riohacha) or buy drinks in returnable glass bottles (for purchase on sites).
If you travel to Cancun Airport and need to get to the city of Cancun or Playa del Carmen, your most economic - yet comfortable option - is to travel by a mexican national bus company ADO. Once you leave the Cancun Airport International terminal, you will pass by numerous guys offering you expensive private van rides. You can ignore them (politely, perhaps) and walk to the right. You will see the ADO station at the right edge of the open platform. Note: the ADO bus company does not have a booth inside the airport. You can buy the ticket at the platform - with the ADO staff. There are two routes from the Cancun Airport. One leaving to the city of Playa del Carmen (the ride takes 1 hour and the bus drops you at the either station in Playa del Carmen - in the city's downtown. The second bus from the airport goes to Cancun (takes about 30 min, you would have to take a taxi or switch to another bus if traveling to Zona Hoteliera in Cancun). For more information, visit www.ado.com.mx
Disclaimer: I do not have any association with ADO bus company and did not receive any compensation for this promotion. It is a public service and they may not have funds to promote their services, actually. I support public transit as oppose to car rental for environmental reasons. If you made your way to Medellín, you will find various options for public transit here. Medellín is the only Colombian city (as of 2016) with a metro system - which operates two routes. The one-way ticket costs COP 2150; however, if you arrange a "tarjeta civica" at one of the metro administrative offices (there is one at San Antonio station, another at Niquia, San Javier and possibly at La Estrella as well) - with your photo ID - you can ride the system for COP 1880 plus you can use free transfer to Metro Plus system (a bus-run system with a separate road lanes). You can see the current fare table here. Metro system in Medellin also operates three cable services (MetroCable). Two are part of Metro system and offer free transfers, the third one is a commercial line to Parque Arví from Santo Domingo and a separate fare applies (almost COP 5000 in 2016). The current fare table can be found here: https://www.metrodemedellin.gov.co/Viajeconnosotros/Tarifas.aspx. Please note that the service to Parque Arví does not operate on Mondays. MetroCable system uses combination of electricity and solar power from the panels installed on the roof of cabines. Metro Medellín also operates several buses that connect metro stations with various neighborhoods. You can buy an integrated bus ticket at each metro station. The cost of such ticket is COP2150-3050 and allows for a metro ride and a transfer to a bus ride (or vice-versa).
For mor information, visit www.metrodedellin.gov.co. |
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