Viví en Chile durante casi 6 años, una de las pausas más largas en un solo país de toda mi vida de viajero. Fue ahí donde empecé y terminé la carrera que me acercó a los mundos de la comunicación y el turismo, tuve mi primer empleo “oficial”, recorrí el país mochila al hombro – […]
Year: 2013
*NOTA: Desde la publicación original de este post en 2012, la travesía por El Cocuy ha sido prohibida por Parques Naturales y al visitarlo no se debe apartar de los caminos autorizados por esa entidad. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– El parque nacional El Cocuy podría ser uno de los secretos mejor guardados de Colombia, […]
Through no fault of its own, Cali has been a little neglected of late here at SCT. As a small way to begin to compensate this lack, here´s a blast from the past from my beloved compatriate, Sarah. Shake it, Cali. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– 1. Salsa You cannot travel to Cali […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– I have now been living in Colombia long enough that my family and friends are no longer simply curious about Colombia but genuinely interested. In fact, this interest culminated in a number of members of my family coming out to spend a couple of weeks here. I spent far […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Being a gringo in Colombia can mean a lot of things. If you´re unlucky enough to be me, it can mean that you can feel a bit uncomfortable with your body sometimes. It can mean that you don´t really understand what all this arepa fuss is about. What it […]
1. Como escribir el nombre del país ¡Es un buen comienzo! En muchos lugares de habla inglesa aun se escribe erróneamente “Columbia” cuando se quiere decir “Colombia” –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– 2. Hay más cosas en el país que las que encuentras en una guía de viajes Una de las cosas más chéveres […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– I am often asked what it is about living in Colombia that has me hooked and unable to leave. Sure, the startling array of landscapes and places to visit is one aspect, as are the relative cost of living, the music and the ease with which one can travel […]
To read this post in English, click here. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Ya habíamos hablado antes un poco de la experiencia de viajar solo en Colombia, pero el artículo estaba dirigido a todas las audiencias en general. Esta semana queremos hablar específicamente de viajar sin compañía cuando eres una mujer. En mi experiencia, he […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Well, if you´ve paying any attention at all, you´ll know that I´m talking about what kind of economics? Anybody? Anybody? I mean, you´ll know that ¨puentes,¨ which is Jamaican for ¨long weekends,¨ are pretty damn boring here in Colombia. For example, if you´re in Bogotá for the one starting […]
Although the situation has improved a lot in the past few years, the hotel industry in Colombia is, in many aspects, still in its infancy. This is particularly owing to a blurry set of rules regarding the stars rating, and the local widespread – and mistaken- perception that any property that bears less than four […]