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Restaurants
Uribia has very few restaurants, with a few hole-in-the wall ones down in the market district on Avenida Fundador, where the majority of general stores are as well. Buy plenty of water here if going into the Alta Guajira, as it is much more expensive elsewhere ($1.60 for a five-liter jug of the precious liquid). Uribia’s water is brackish and not suitable for purification.
Goat forms a principle part of Wayuu cuisine, in such dishes as like friche (stewed goat). Another meal to try is sahpulana, a soup made of beans, corn and squash. The traditional drink is chinchirri, a strong alcoholic beverage made from panela (raw sugar) and water.
Nightlife
Because of the presence of military personnel and other non-Wayuu, a few dance clubs and drinking establishments do operate in Uribia, despite such customs not being part of the Wayuu way of life. They are mostly the evening operations of restaurants.
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In the cool shade of an enramada on the back patio is the restaurant at Hotel Juyasirian. Parrots and macaws roam freely and lounge on the rafters overhead. In a cage, a mico monkey sways in a hammock, taking interest in female diners. Although a bit expensive (breakfast $2.65, luncheon comida...
Uribia, Colombia
This simple, egg-shell white building with leaf-green roll-up doors restaurant with no name is one of the few dining choices in Uribia. For breakfast, you can have eggs with arepa and coffee or chocolate ($1.85) or the standard Colombian stewed or grilled beef platter ($2.65). From 11 a.m. on is...
Uribia, Colombia
Just before dusk, a few tables are put out on the sidewalk and the ever-present barbecue grill is fired up. Soon the chickens are put on the rotisserie, their dripping grease singing as it hits the hot cools. By complete night, the small of pollo asado is drifting across the park and plates of...
Uribia, Colombia
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