How many people can just hop on over to Colombia’s Pacific coast when they have a few days off for Easter? Well, mainly people in Colombia and luckily for me I am one of them. I’m not showing off (well, maybe a little), but merely highlighting the amazing diversity and opportunity for travel that living […]
Year: 2013
A veces no son los grandes monumentos, las fortalezas o las catedrales los únicos protagonistas mudos de la historia de una ciudad. A veces son los detalles más pequeños los que nos hablan – quizás mucho más – de la vida cotidiana y de cómo estaba estructurada en tiempos pasados una sociedad. –> Colombia Dolar […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– As a cynical European, I always understood Magical Realism as crazy Latin American folklore, a literary device that had no real connection to the world. My British skepticism couldn’t grasp the concept, the idea of magic being present in the mundane, real world, of normal, realistic settings going hand […]
Todo visitante en Cartagena de Indias queda seducido con su magia y sabe que los días que se pasan en esta ciudad colonial de Colombia, patrimonio cultural de la humanidad, nunca son suficientes para develar sus secretos. Siempre, siempre, hay algo que se nos quedó por ver y que nos hace extrañarla apenas la dejamos. […]
Para leer esto en español, haz clic aqui. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Being a vegetarian in a strictly meat-eating country such as Colombia can be extremely difficult. Especially since eating generous helpings of meat is pretty much one of Colombia’s favourite past-times and an almost compulsory part of Colombian food. But if you are a […]
En Colombie, la politique a une place d’importance. Actuellement le pays est concerné par la guerre, la corruption, les écoutes téléphoniques, ou encore la lutte contre la pauvreté et l’éducation plus juste pour tous. On a tous entendu parler des FARC, mais qui sont-ils, où sont-ils, et que font-ils? –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Politique colombienne […]
It’s generally accepted that it’s poor form to generalise, but, sometimes, some unscrupulous bloggers can’t help themselves. Don’t be alarmed, though: if you know me at all by now, you should realise how many scruples I’m the proud owner of, and would never stoop to such crass, unfair, and reductive tricks. So, here I lay […]
When you think about Colombian handicrafts, what is the first picture that comes to mind? Colourful bracelets and bags? The sombrero volteao? Coconut crafts from Chocó or traditional wayuu knitted products in La Guajira? Emeralds in Bogotá or gold from Mompox? Basketry or the classic ruana from Boyacá? Or maybe mini figurines, much like our […]
If you want to read this in English, click here. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Para continuar el tema de nuestra semana sobre Antioquia, nosotros en See Colombia Travel hemos decidido sumergirnos en aguas turbias para presentarte el tradicional Top 5 aunque en realidad fue difícil reducirlos a tan solo cinco pero hicimos nuestro mejor […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– There are, at the very least, 500 reasons we love Colombia, this country that has somehow ingratiated itself into our lives as our home. One of these reasons is the claims – often bizzare and/or outrageous – that seem to be made about pretty much everything in this country. New […]