–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– And then, football went literally cray-cray over Colombia. Not only does it look like the Cafeteros will barge their way into the World Cup (guess what our tip for the team to watch there is? HINT: it’s not Australia), but – and without any exaggeration – every single European […]
Author: Paul Giles
Hi my name is Paul Giles and I'm one of See Colombia's Travel Writers.
I must say that it´s a bit of a happy accident that I’ve found myself here at all. After flitting back and forth between Australia and Asia for a few years, I felt the South American continent calling me. I thought I´d end up in Argentina or somewhere, but ever since I´ve made it to Colombia, good things just seem to manifest themselves before my eyes.
Whether it is the funky, slightly grungy energy of the capital, Bogota; the steamy sass of Cartegena; the Carribean beauty of Tayrona; or the jaw-dropping gorgeousness of the coffee region; I’ve found it difficult not to fall in love with the country and its people.
As for myself, I´m passionate about a number of things; travel (duh), poetry, food, good drinks, and ridiculous clothing. And, from what I´ve seen so far, I´m confident Colombia is a peculiarly amenable environment to sustain and develop such passions.
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– I don’t want to sound like a disgusting pig (Hey! I”m just big stomach-boned), but I’ve a confession to make. I’m kind of in love with Colombian burgers. I don’t know what’s happened – I’ve never eaten so many burgers anywhere else. It seems like not a week goes […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Although it was a little fuzzy around the edges, one aspect of the vision was clear. A canvas hammock swaying, back and forth, back and forth. Me in this hammock swaying, back and forth, back and forth. In my vision, a smile on my face – I’d finally found […]
In the fine tradition of taking two seemingly completely different cities and making you realise that they’re not that different after all, in this post, I plan to use my amazing powers of obfuscation to confuse you so much that you won’t know your Seoul from your Bogota. There are some fairly mundane and uninteresting […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Some, lazier, countries (here’s looking at you, Oz – c’mon admit it: “barbie” because “barbeque”‘s too long to say?) think the word “shop” refers only to a structure with a door, counter, register – all that kind of thing. For a Colombian, though, this concept can be interpreted much, […]
So, I don’t know why, but I agreed to go on a trip to the coffee triangle with the adopted little brother I never wanted. Being Australian myself, I should’ve realised how annoying and uncouth my countrymen can be, but, I’m fairly notorious for making poor judgements (apart from going to Colombia, of course), so […]
“If a tree fell in the forest, and nobody heard it, would a hipster still have the album on vinyl?” –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Supsies, brah? So, this is totes Awks, babez. Like, the History Channel (puhlease! Totes outdated!) has just released the 25 finalists in El Gran Colombiano – which means, the Great […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– I don’t know if it’s because of my quiet aspirations to be a housewife, or just that I don’t like getting up in the morning, but I’ve always been fascinated with the phenomenon which is daytime TV. There’s something possibly apocalyptic about the terrible soaps, commercials about life insurance, […]
OK, so we’ve convinced you to move to Colombia. You’re welcome. Not satisfied with that, we’ve given you some tips on how to stay here longer than a la-a-a-me 3 months. Don’t even mention it. I guess now you want some kind of job so you’ve got a bit of money to spend on stuff […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– For most of my life I’ve been a fast walker. I don’t know if it’s because I’m highly strung (I’m NOT highly strung! Why do people KEEP ON SAYING THAT?!??!?!?); yet another weird manifestation of my Lapsed Catholic Guilt; or the fact that I always succeed in leaving everything […]