To round off safety week Colombia Travel Blog is going to be looking at the places which were once no-go zones in Colombia and have opened up to travel. Many areas were once controlled by either guerrillas or paramilitaries, and were impossible for travellers to visit. However in the last 10 years Colombia has seen [...]
Tag Archives: Perceptions of Colombia
Safety in Colombia Week, Day 3! Today we are focusing on the side of Colombia most people don’t expect to see: the new image which is being cultivated by cities like Bogotá and Medellín as centres of culture and diversity, far from the stereotypical image of bombs and kidnappings which many people still unfortunately have. When [...]
Safety Week continues at Colombia Travel Blog! Today we are going to be answering some ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ about safe travel in Colombia. 1. Is it safe to travel to Colombia? Yes! In the past 10 years Colombian security has increased to the point the where more and more tourists are visiting every year. Thousands of people [...]
It’s safety week at Colombia Travel Blog! Over the next 5 days we are going to be attempting to lay to rest some stereotypes about Colombian safety (or apparent lack thereof) and demonstrate why Colombia is fast becoming the must-see country for all visitors to South America. To start us off, here’s an introduction to [...]
An interview with Toby & Tiger (Part 1 of 3) Toby and Tiger have the answer to the ‘Colombia problem’. It’s the kind of answer you might expect from two idiosyncratic, erudite intellectuals that have spent time living in some of the world’s most culturally rich capitals. “We’ve entered an alternate reality; all you hear about [...]