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Image: MiVida Wellness If you’ve visited anywhere in Latin America, then no doubt you would have swayed and toe-tapped to the rhythms of the clave or shaken your hips to the inviting sounds of the timbao and felt the weight of your feel float away…
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Earlier this week I published a post about Why Christmas in Colombia Will Ruin the Holiday For You Forever, and I really cannot tell you how surprised I was to receive such amazing emails, comments and feedback from people in response to what I wrote….
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So, call me crazy, but lately I’ve been thinking about doing video blogs. I know, it’s such a ridiculous idea, especially if you’ve seen any of the past vlogs I posted (don’t worry, they’ve since been deleted). But I thought it time to give vlogging…
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1. During Christmas in Colombia there are Christmas lights everywhere. The Christmas lights anywhere else in the world just won’t compare to the lights in Medellin: 2. A Christmas meal just won’t be the same without some fried cheese balls (Bunuelos) and a custard dish…
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The irony of travel really dawned on me before my first trip abroad. I was 20-years old. After a day of visiting travel agencies I found myself standing on the beach just an hour from home with two friends. We’d just spent the day planning…
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It was while watching the telly one night a few weeks ago that I heard some ominous news. The first was that parts of Brisbane should expect temperatures to reach up to 40 degrees Celsius over the weekend, and the second, probably more annoying than…
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The wonderful people from Awake Adventures got in touch with me earlier this month about the possibility of doing a guest post. After doing my research and seeing the amazing eco-friendly and sustainable tours they do throughout Colombia, I couldn’t help but want to share…
Continue readingHave you ever had one of those days when everything just seems to fall into place without effort? Like when you drive around looking for a car park on a busy street, and just as you arrive at your destination someone pulls out of the…
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Carved deep within a mountain, and lit up with multi-coloured mood lighting, La Catedral de Sal, or the Salt Cathedral, is one of those must-visit kind of destinations while you travel Colombia. I visited along with a Portuguese friend who had been living in Colombia…
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I sent out an eNewsletter last week with some exciting news: I’m going back to Colombia! Friends and family have been asking me a lot lately, “Will you go back to Colombia?” and my answer is always: “Yes, of course!” I just didn’t know when….
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Patacones are one of my favourite Colombian snacks, second only to the arepa, of course! They’re made using large, under ripe plantains which are chopped into bite-sized pieces then fried, squashed with a stone or a plate, then fried again. I pop the chopped and…
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Living and travelling abroad means different things to different people. For some, it’s a pilgrimage, an adventure, for others it’s a calling and an unexplained yearning to reach a distant part of the world, where people speak an unfamiliar language and move to a different…
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Photo credit: Must Do Brisbane “Is that a bullet hole?” I ask, looking at one of the windows as we sit in a restaurant waiting for dinner. I use the term restaurant lightly, though. It’s a poorly-maintained hall space that appears to be furnished with…
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1. Only pass through in transit Listening to the chaotic hum of the traffic in Bogotá might not necessarily be on top of many travellers’ bucket lists while spending time in Colombia, instead opting for colourful itineraries full of Caribbean beach-lazing and cobbled path wandering…
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Eggs benny is on the menu for breakfast and the waitress with the soft voice and Italian accent comes over to place the meal in front of me, along with a hot chocolate with two marshmallows on the side. “Enjoy,” she says with a hurried…
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