Medellin’s Feria de Las Flores, or Flower Festival, is full of highlights. It’s a week of parades, parties and, of course, flowers, that all takes place in one of South America’s most progressive, beautiful cities. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Of course, people love lists, and so for the sake of ease I’m putting my […]
Author: Paul Fowler
Paul is an Englishman with a longstanding love of travel, tea and quality beer. His first trip was to Bosnia & Herzegovina and it was there, wading in some waterfalls near Mostar with just a litre of cheap beer and some bread in his belly, that he was bitten by the travel bug. After many more trips and a spell working in London, Paul relocated to Buenos Aires for some months before moving to Colombia. He's been here, knocking back 'guaro', for about 2 years now.
“Cartagena de Indias“, to give the city its full title, is a city that commands attention. Owing to its history it is one of Latin America’s most important and intriguing destinations, while its cobblestone streets and colourful colonial houses make it one of the continent’s most enchanting and popular cities. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– A […]
You may have read our previous entries about cultural differences between Colombia and the US or UK (if not, part 1 of our guide to cultural differences in Colombia here and you can find more cultural differences in Colombia here). These are basically rough guides to the cultural quirks of Colombia that may catch you by surprise […]
Sometimes the hustle and bustle of a big city like Bogotá just gets too much. Ask anyone who lives in one of the world’s major metropolises and they’ll surely agree: for all the cultural options, for all the night life, for all opportunities to meet new people – sometimes the traffic, the constant barrage of people, the […]
I’m not always on TV, but when I am I speak Spanish. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Last week I was fortunate enough to be interviewed by Caracol TV about this very blog, the Colombia Travel Blog. I talked all about travel to Bogota and living in Colombia and got to do some bowling and drink […]
A while ago we brought you our top 5 search engine terms that brought people to our blog. These included things like ‘Is My Cat Colombian’, which we tried to answer the best we could. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Well, turns out people are still searching for crazy stuff and finding our blog. We’re […]
Every year around the end of July or beginning of August, Medellín’s Feria de Las Flores takes place. It’s a huge, city-wide festival that celebrates the inimitable Paisa culture, and features events all around the city. This year, alongside the usual parades, reggaeton superstar J Balvin will be performing alongside Zion y Lennox. Get yo’ […]
Tomorrow, July 20th, is Colombian Independence Day and for that reason I felt it appropriate to focus today’s post on Colombia, and what it means to me. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Colombia is a country of stunning, unexpected diversity. From the hidden colonial villages like Mompox, to the sprawling beast of Bogotá, to the […]
Colombian Independence Day is celebrated annually on the 20thJuly. The event marks the day that, in 1810, the residents of Bogotá were stirred into protesting on the streets against Spanish rule. A limited independence, later made permanent, was decreed in the country, freeing Colombia from the Spanish. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– The riot was […]
These days I don’t long for a curry quite as much as I did when I arrived in Colombia. What was once a mild obsession has be neutralized by the passage of time and now exists as a mere lingering memory of spicy goodness past. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– I also don’t miss sandwiches […]