<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/7847671c-693c-4b1a-89c8-01faa95ba020/C182A156-E0D1-4B5C-886E-5B7078718992/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.been-seen.com/article.cfm?id=11238" href="http://www.been-seen.com/article.cfm?id=11238" style="font-size: 11px;">www.been-seen.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.been-seen.com/article.cfm?id=11238"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.been-seen.com/img/B5BDE4BD-8A70-4876-989C-A48DA91FF758" alt="The most beautiful river in the world...(cano2.jpg)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.been-seen.com/article.cfm?id=11238"><P>Building a tourism industry in Colombia in the wake of the country's famous guerrilla warfare is a <A target="_blank" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8266415.stm" title="BBC article" class="newslink" bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" linkindex="24">delicate business</A>. In regions such as <A target="_blank" href="http://www.lamacarena-meta.gov.co/sitio.shtml?apc=m-s1--&x=1945905" title="La Macarena" class="newslink" bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" linkindex="25">La Macarena</A>, where the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) ruled for many years, tourism is starting to pick up. But operators know all it will take is the sighting of one guerrilla to bring it all tumbling down. Which is a shame - because the region is home to <A target="_blank" href="http://www.lamacarena-meta.gov.co/sitio.shtml?apc=m-g1--&m=G&cmd[161]=c-1-'CRISTALES'" title="Cano Cristales" class="newslink" bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" linkindex="26">Caño Cristales</A>, 'the most beautiful river in the world'.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.been-seen.com/article.cfm?id=11238"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.been-seen.com/img/0CC07D0F-61DC-42B3-B959-096778C45DF5" alt="The most beautiful river in the world...(cano.jpg)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.been-seen.com/article.cfm?id=11238"><P>It was explorer Andres Hurtado who give it that title in the 1980s when he brought the attention of the world to this pink river. 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