–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– My name is Chris, and I drink. Coffee. Quite a lot of coffee in fact. A friend of mine just opened up a lovely little restaurant and coffee bar in La Candelaria (Papaya Gourmet, since you ask), and according to him I’m just about the only person who’ll come in, […]
Author: Chris
I'm Chris and I'm the Colombia Travel Blog's resident Colombia travel expert and our editor. In nearly 4 years in the country, I have visited 31 of Colombia's 32 departments, and that last 1 is on the way! Colombia has been my home for years and I'm still not bored of exploring its diversity and magic, and getting to know its wonderful people. You can follow more of my adventures on Facebook @ChrisBellTravel and Instagram @ChrisBellColombia
La versión de este post en ingles aquí: “How I fell in love with Colombia” –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Admitiré una cosa para empezar: Colombia y yo, no fue amor a primera vista. Esto fue principalmente porque la “primera vista” fue a la ciudad fronteriza: Maicao en el desierto de La Guajira – crucé la […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Colombia travel has changed dramatically over the 5-or-so years that we’ve been working as a Colombia travel blog – back in 2011 when we started blogging about this country most people travelling in Colombia were here backpacking, taking their time and moving around the country for at least 2-4 weeks […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Colombia isn’t really famous for it’s food and drink around the world: the true ‘foodie paradise’ destination tags go to South-East Asian countries, Mediterranean destinations, and Latin American countries like Peru and Mexico. When people think of ‘foodie travel’ Colombia is rarely on the tip of their tongues. This […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Most Colombian travelers have Medellin pretty high on their agendas these days. However, very few of those people know that within just 3 hours of Colombia’s second city lies a stunning area of protected tropical rainforest. That’s right, I said rainforest, or jungle if you will. Most people tend […]
Read the English version of this post here: https://seecolombia.travel/blog/2016/01/how-to-travel-independently-to-the-cerros-de-mavecure/ –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Gracias a la reciente nominación al Oscar (la primera de Colombia) para la épica película filmada en la selva El Abrazo de la Serpiente, un destino colombiana para viajes de aventura parece aprovechar especialmente de ella en 2016 y más allá: los […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– This is a guest post by Jade Longelin, author of the blog Bogotastic (find out more about Jade at the bottom of the post)… The People and Place Behind the Beautiful Wayuu Bags Wayuu bags or mochilas are a traditional craft that has been practiced by Wayuu women for hundreds […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– It’s Christmas Day, and I’m strolling along a gently winding path by the banks of a river. A family of pigs, a mother and five tiny piglets, are snuffling calmly in the undergrowth to my right. They are largely unperturbed as I pass by within a few feet of […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– The northern Colombian city of Valledupar is famous for a few things and, although not especially well-known by travelers to Colombia, is especially iconic for it’s status as the birthplace and spiritual home of vallenato music, a traditional folk music form which has become arguably Colombia’s most popular musical genre (at […]
Fotografía de río Caño Cristales: (cc) FOTUR – (fotógrafo MCarvajal) –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– In an unexpected twist to the recent reports of exploratory fracking in and around the Serrania de la Macarena National Park, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced yesterday (Thursday 14 April) that he had suspended the environmental license allowing exploratory fracking to take […]