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Brisbane will be rolling its Rs with extra effort this month as the annual Spanish Film Festival comes to town. From Oscar-nominated feature films to locally-made documentaries, and a couple of Colombian flicks thrown in there for good measure, here are a few films on…
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I received a Facebook message last week about how to find cheap flights to Colombia, so I thought I’d write a helpful little post for anyone else looking to save some money on their flights to Colombia (hello, all of us!). The person who got…
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Easter in Colombia has got to be one of the most significant and busiest times of year in the country. With local culture deeply rooted in Catholicism − more than 90 per cent of Colombians identify themselves as Catholic − there’s no shortage of events, ceremonies, processions…
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Maria Coni and Marina Menegazzo were two women in their 20s who decided to backpack through South America together. The women, from Argentina, were found dead and dumped in rubbish bags beside a beach in Montañita, a popular tourist destination in Ecuador. Following the reports…
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Trekking in Colombia can be one heck of an adventure. The local landscape varies from region to region, as does the weather and the types of animals you’re likely to spot along the way, but to make sure you get the most out of your…
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Ashley Peak has recently moved to Colombia and has made the city of open doors, Manizales, her home away from home. I had the opportunity to chat with her last week all about what life is like in Colombia compared to the United States and…
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If you’re a lover of the outdoors then you’re going to be spoilt for choice when it comes to hikes in Colombia. There’s so much biodiversity in this country (hello, it’s the second most biodiverse country in the world!) that you can literally go hiking…
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I can hardly believe it! For the very first time (ever!) I have been nominated in a travel blog competition – and for a Flight Centre UK Travel Blog Award at that. Now hold on a minute, I have been nominated for an award before,…
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There are so many words and phrases that are commonly used in Colombia but not in other Spanish-speaking countries. I’m no expert on Colombian slang, as you’d know if you’ve seen any of my YouTube videos, and that’s why I’ve enlisted the help of Caleña, Juliana…
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If someone had told me 10 years ago that I’d travel to Colombia and feel compelled to write about the country for more than a decade, I would probably would have said: “Where’s Colombia?” But that is exactly what has happened and now I want…
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While I was working for a popular travel agency in Colombia there was a bit of a running joke between myself and the other bloggers. The company had been invited to do a talk at a travel conference in the capital, Bogota, to share information…
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Too often I hear about travellers who visit Colombia but bypass Bogota for other destinations around the country. There are so, so many things to do in Bogota and you’d be crazy not to put this place on your must-visit list. From marketplaces and museums…
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I have got to say that 2015 was a pretty stellar year, guys. It wasn’t all travels and good times, but a lot happened and I would love to do a bit of a recap just as a personal account of what I’ve achieved in…
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By the time we’d arrived in Santa Marta, my partner, Pej, and I had been travelling around Colombia for three weeks. We’d stayed in budget hostels with lukewarm “air-conditioning”, walked our way across Manizales and back again, we’d lugged our backpacks through sleepy towns, we’d…
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Jack and Jean were the two very first friends I made in Colombia when I moved to Bogota in 2012. They are the sweetest, most adventurous people I’ve ever had the pleasure of knowing as well as living and travelling with. Jean is also the…
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