Make sure to take our other Colombia Quizzes to test your Colombia knowledge: –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Personality Quiz: Which Iconic Colombian Are You? Name that Colombian Fruit! How much do you know about legendary Colombian Nobel Prize winning author Gabriel García Márquez? Have you read his books, biographies, our 87 Facts about Gabo blog post!? […]
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
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Read Part 1 of the Top 10 Colombian Travel Destinations for 2016 here Continuing on from Part 1 of this guide to the 10 Colombian destinatons you have to visit in 2016, here’s Part 2: featuring red rivers, a whole department(!), a festival, a town you’ve definitely heard off (but […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– So, it’s 2016, and there has never been a better time to visit Colombia and explore it’s myriad destinations, remarkable diversity, and varied culture. Of course there are the classics: no self-respecting Colombia traveler ends up missing many of Cartagena, Tayrona, Medellin, Cali or Bogota. However, there are so […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– 2015 has been a great year for the Colombia Travel Blog: we’ve had more visitors than ever before to our blog, more followers across all of our varied social media platforms, we’ve traveled more than ever before around Colombia, we reached 1000 blog posts, and we’ve had some really […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Six months ago, I accepted a teaching job in Colombia, and to be completely honest, Colombia was not my first choice of countries to move to. I had never even considered traveling there, let alone living there. In fact…I can’t even remember learning about the country in all of […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Today (Wednesday, December 2) marked a historic day for Colombians all around the world, as President Juan Manuel Santos signed into agreement an exemption which allows Colombians to travel visa-free and unrestricted to 26 European ‘Schengen’ nations, bringing the total number of countries which Colombians can travel to ‘visa-free’ […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Stephanie Ascanio is a Colombian photographer interested in documenting the daily life of urban spaces that surround her. Throughout her career she has created various photographic series. Many of them have led to exhibitions. One of her favorites is “Perspectives”, the photographic series of a job that lasted several months in Chocó […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Writing about how to visit Mocoa in Colombia’s southern Putumayo department has become somewhat of a hobby and passion of mine – I have written blogs about hiking to the Fin del Mundo waterfalls, visiting the Paway Amazonian Ecological Center, and explaining the 10 reasons why you absolutely have […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– The Complete Guide to Tayrona – Part 1: How to get there & what to pack The Complete Guide to Tayrona – Part 2: Where to stay & Safety and security tips The Complete Guide to Tayrona – Part 3: Beaches The Complete Guide to Tayrona – Part 4: […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Colombia has often been associated with treasure: El Dorado, the biggest producer of emeralds on earth, the pirate legends of the Caribbean. However, the true jewels of Colombia are it’s remarkable array of hummingbirds – at almost 150 species, Colombia has the world’s largest hummingbird diversity! Here’s a gallery of […]