Exploring Palomino | Colombia Travel

Palomino is a village in the Caribbean region of Colombia. It is a popular destination for foreign backpackers, as well as Colombians looking for a more tranquil beach destination than Santa Marta.
It has a hippy vibe, with many dread locked locals selling artisan jewellery, sweets and foods. Today I went for a walk, met some locals and showed how the beach erosion is hurting the local economy.
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[@williamdevonshire356]

whoa those bags made of can tabs is ingenious and looks really cool

[@impondering5774]

Tony is living the life 🏝👍🏻

[@Matt-my3xd]

I'm gonna travel to Colombia for 2 weeks this Friday. Can't wait!

[@spirittravels.]

Nice Video. Actually i was there about 9 months ago for several months during the pandemic, until things relaxed again, and there was a lot more beach then. I was blown away by how much the beach has gone. Palomino now is basically just a Tourist backpacker hippie town with some nice nature trekking trails and a nice river. Looks like the beach is gone unless the sea ends up retreating again. Chilled nice place none the less, just minus the beach...which really is s great pity cos it was nice to walk along, etc.

[@tony.travels]

Yeah without the beach there isn't a lot to do in town.

[@10matheu]

How did you get to the town and also back from there to Santa Marta or somewhere else

[@10matheu]

@@tony.travels how do you get to there and back from there

[@tony.travels]

@@10matheu From Santa Marta there are many cheap buses. Ask anyone.

[@spirittravels.]

@@10matheu the bus from Santa Marta to Palomino departs from the Market area.

[@nomecognome5384]

Hi Tony, great video of Palomino, but unlike you say the beach was not 20 or 30 meters out, more like 40 to 60 meters just 3 years ago. Having said that Palomino is still special but it was once a magical place when nobody new about it and there was next to nothings there, and that was just some 6 years ago..............Anyhow, still lots to love about it:))

[@mirek1139]

So 5 cm of paradise lost per day... why not make a whole video about such places lost to climate change..?

[@user-wh7kt5oz3r]

@@mirek1139 the oceans are on ly rising on average of 1 mm per year and dropping in many areas. Stop it.

[@williamdevonshire356]

what you're doing Tony is the continued detail of if a person was to zoom in on google earth all the way

[@tony.travels]

That's the best metaphor I've heard this year

[@tony.travels]

That's the best metaphor I've heard this year

[@raydavid7741]

Palomino isn’t done buddy , that’s a surfer beach and great place to stay to do other activities like visiting Tayrona park and even going to Santa Marta for crazy nights !!

[@gkschick6804]

One of my favourites of yours so far. Looks like a chill place, and follows the standard formula one can find all over the world where young people go to congregate, party and live cheaply. Enjoy it when you engage with the locals.

[@tony.travels]

One day I'll have to learn Spanish. Just so focused on making a living at the moment.

[@tomasmundo3367]

Another super video. Every place you go I want to see on my next viaje. You know how to do this better anyone. GRACIAS!

[@oswaldorivaroli9776]

Hi, about the hightest Mountain near to the Ocean, you're completely RIGHT!! Is the Hightest Peak near to caribbean Ocean, it is 40 km straight from 5600 meter to the sea, tropical sea. I mean, meanwhile you're looking the tropical fisches aroun you, if you look up , you'll see snow peaks... PALOMINO IS COMPLETELY AMAZING. Thanks for the video.

[@camilovargas9930]

Hey Tony, great Video! Thanks for visiting my country. The tourism helps to maintain the economy in that place. I'm from Bogota but I was there 1 month ago and I fall in love with that place. The multicultural environment, the beach and landscapes are amazing! I want to come back and stay more days.

[@tulasnaps]

Heading here in a month. Was good to watch this. Looked like a lot of fun

[@smearydude]

thanks for showing the town!!!

[@williamdevonshire356]

after i saw u guys get a drink i started to see the cyclical nature of his beer tab bag business :P

[@yanusz1963]

Yes I love those bags made of beer cans. 😍 hope they some haw doing well.

[@darthdaddy6983]

I was at the palomino Dreamer for 8 days in March 2017. Loved it. Our plan was 3 days , but I started having soo much fun we stayed longer.

[@darthdaddy6983]

The best beaching in palomino is in that last few hundred meters of the Rio before it meets the sea.

[@czechtravel]

Can you imagine speaking Spanish at that place :) you will have so much fun. Great video

[@LandoLinares19]

Some español classes for this man urgently please 😂😂😂

[@Adrian-fx5bw]

I'm feel really sad to see the buildings near to the beach, after that, we have to pay to across it.

[@DavidGrosenbach]

Good video, but they’re not hamburgers. They are called Arepas.

[@El_Patron2024]

that’s is a really cool sleepy beach town ,a gem where you can find a nice mujer and peace ! And a few parceros…que chimba! By the way the girls at the 17:40 mark asked you where are you going and then what are you doing here…. She said que mas is like what’s up Then I think para llevar ..means something about going ..then que está haciendo what are you doing ,I can read Spanish great my wife is brasillian so Portuguese as well but when’s it’s fast and slang it’s hard but Colombian Spanish is not very hard,learn how to pronounce the vowels each one only has 1 sound unlike in English then learn 10 verbs and pick up a lot of nouns you will fast be on your way . . Buenos noches

[@tony.travels]

Oh that's what she said. Thanks mate.

[@pauljones3557]

How much is the cheapest hostels in town

[@tony.travels]

$5 a night

[@leoligia1956]

A pity that the tourism is dying in Palomino, remember the paradise beaches 10 years ago, but they are gone, taken over by the sea.

[@adamgallin9130]

More likely the beaches disappeared when the sand was used for building...

[@Johmatri]

Anyone knows if the beach is back?😅

[@williamdevonshire356]

the way to know if the rooster is your spirit animal is if you wake up early and start screaming till everyone else is awake

[@tony.travels]

I'm a tiger

[@williamdevonshire356]

@@tony.travels haha ya that's cause you're grrrreat!

[@karlofrancofalcon8539]

Good video! Greetings from Peru

[@dillongoble7483]

Yo tony. What is this castenia beach? I couldn't find it and I'm interested. When I try to google.map it I only find costeno beach hostel.

[@pfkellogg]

great video. thanks.

[@philippedior]

Fun to watch

[@cliveashley9364]

Beautiful ♥️ vlog nice 😃 town👋 enjoying fr jamaica 😎🌅🏖️

[@ronz99mx]

Tony makes it right!!

[@matthewgranahan9759]

Retirement spot found

[@exploredivine]

how was the internet here?

[@tony.travels]

It was okay actually.

[@danilocapellan1316]

You feel safe up there? 🤔

[@tony.travels]

Yeah it's great

[@ColKav]

Where's been your favourite place in Colombia so far?

[@tony.travels]

So many great places. Can't say honestly.

[@mirek1139]

Global warming probably at 4:01 ... I'm so sorry for these people... but I at least got rid of the gas stove and the car to help a bit.

[@courtenaymckee7491]

Did you try the flamingo? 🤔

[@tony.travels]

I wish. I will eat them like pollo

[@courtenaymckee7491]

@@tony.travels That’s one way of interpreting my question. 😛

[@camiloamazosotelo526]

Amo Palomino, creo que el mar ya cedió un poco y la playa ha recuperado un poco de espacio

[@LeadGenDataAgency]

Agree. Mexican food is way better

[@Robert-ho7ys]

Tallest mountain range?? Nope, ever heard of the Andies in Chile? Also, beach erosion is a result of Global Warming.

[@adamgallin9130]

No sand being used for tourist development ie building with concrete...changes the shore line and happens all over the world...

[@julioc.7760]

problem is they invaded the beaxh