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Browsing through Instagram is such a great way to get the feel for a country or a city you plan to visit right from the comfort of your own living room. I, for one, love losing myself in an endless trail of double-tapped images of…
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Damas, voy a contarles un pequeño secreto. Colombia las está llamando. Al ser una mujer, decidir viajar a Colombia sola, fue sin duda una de las cosas más difíciles que he hecho, pero también una de las más divertidas. Viajar sola siendo mujer puede ser…
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I’m a big fan of getting off the tourist route and discovering the hidden gems of a new destination on my own. I love wandering through cities without knowing where I’m going, stopping by small eateries for a bite to eat, unsure of what’s on…
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Do you consider yourself a Colombia travel expert? Have you visited the birthplace of Vallenato or perhaps danced in the salsa capital? If you love Colombia and want to help spread the word about what an amazing country it is, then get in touch because…
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Colombian food might be misunderstood and under appreciated, but for the locals and many foreigners living in Colombia, the food is a highlight. “Time to get fat, woo!” one friend posted on Facebook, about to visit Colombia for the second time. Recalling so many meals…
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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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Visiting a country for the first time can make it difficult to plan the logistics of your trip. It’s a challenge getting to know how long it takes to get from one city to the next, how much time should be allocated in each town,…
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I was sitting in the hostel reception area when a tall man with a wide-brimmed hat walked through the door and up the stairs. My partner, Pej, who I recently discovered has an interesting concept of time, had run down to the Exito supermarket on…
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Our trip to El Peñol, Guatapé didn’t start off on the right foot. We caught the Metro to the Terminal de Transporte del Norte where the buses to Guatape leave from. We bought our tickets, which were $25,000COP for two people, made our way to…
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La comisión de exportación de Colombia y el Consejo de Turismo Proexport, crearon una campaña entera acerca del miedo a viajar a Colombia. “El único riesgo es que te quieras quedar” el atractivo eslogan. La campaña contó con algunas de las estrellas deportivas favoritas de…
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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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Oh, Manizales! You are a city of universities and young people, of coffee production and old men in cowboy hats, of delicious cakes and of long-winded histories, of mountain ranges, tall churches and delicious pastries. Tucked high in the Andes, at just over 2,000 metres…
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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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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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