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Colombian fruit comes in many different shapes and sizes. Some are spiky and sweet, others smell strange but said to be powerful aphrodisiacs. I was lucky enough to head on a tour of Medellin’s street food scene with La Mesa Food Tours recently and as…
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There’s a lot to be said about Medellin. It’s been called so many things over the years, but most recently, thank goodness, they’re overwhelmingly positive. Words like innovative, forward-thinking, metropolitan, cosmopolitan, fashionable are now being used to describe the city. I’m not going to go…
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There are quite a lot of things to do in Salento, but one activity you just can’t leave off your list is hiking through the Cocora Valley. It is visually spectacular and great for travellers in Colombia looking to do a non-guided hike while in…
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After spending a wonderful few days in Salento, it was time for us to leave the quiet coffee town and head up to Manizales. We caught a bus from the “transport terminal” which is really just a small bus stop across the road from the…
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Today’s post about teaching English in Colombia comes from Anna Trigellis-Smith, an Australian who lives in Colombia and also shares her life as a plant-based vegan on her blog. Here are some of her observations while teaching English in Colombia. I’d like to share with…
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For some, cooking means slapping a couple of pieces of bread together in a rush and calling it a meal. For others, it’s a beautiful act of love and sharing. I’m much more of the former, unfortunately, while food blogger and culinary explorer, Simone Riddle,…
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A man peeks his head out from an opened window above a pizza shop, watching the mix of tourists and locals looking for things to do in Salento in the main square below. Waiters rush hurriedly from table to table at crowded restaurants, putting down…
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I really wanted to meet up with Karen Attman when I was in Bogota recently, but unfortunately her holidays coincided with mine and we just missed each other. If you haven’t yet come across Karen, then you’re in for a treat. She is a food…
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The capital of Colombia is Bogota, and it truly is a place that takes time to warm up to. I love the city, though, and I am completely horrified to hear that some tourists and backpackers only ever pass through the capital en route to…
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Travelling through Colombia with my Iranian partner, the conversation always comes back to politics. Pej talks politics in his sleep, so there were no surprises when he began asking taxi drivers, waiters, friends and strangers what they really thought about the government, the president and…
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The last time I was lucky enough to travel Colombia, I was actually settled in one place. I didn’t stay in many hostels in Colombia, I shared an apartment, I had a job and I even found a bakery that I would pop by for…
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We’d spent the last four days in Bogota, so the relaxed vibe in the small town of Salento in Colombia’s coffee region was exactly what my partner Pej and I were after. It was time to trade the graffiti art and the bustling Septima for…
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Pope Francis recently came out and said during one of his speeches that “one can be spiritual but not religious” adding that, for some “nature can be a church.” Well, when it comes to the Salt Cathedral in Zipaquira, nature quite literally is the church. Religion,…
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La Puerta Falsa is one of my favorite places in Bogota. Tucked away in the heart of El Centro (one block from Plaza Simon Bolivar) and a total hole in the wall, it serves up some of THE BEST classic Colombian dishes. I stumbled upon this…
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If you’re travelling through Bogota or you’re an expat in Colombia, then heading along to Gringo Tuesdays at La Villa is a rite of passage. The night begins with some friendly language exchange, with different tables displaying what language is being spoken at each. After…
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