Sometimes living in Bogota, travel in Colombia’s more remote, peaceful regions becomes absolutely essential to wind down. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– I took this option a few weeks ago when I decided to travel to Mompox, a sleepy colonial village that is characterised by stunning, crumbling architecture and an addictively slow pace of life. […]
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.
Since they just brought out some new coins and notes here in Colombia, we thought it would be pertinent to bring you some information about the local currency. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Colombia’s local currency is the Colombian Peso, which is represented by the dollar sign. The lowest note available is $1,000, which seems […]
There are places in every big city that you wish you knew about. You’re travelling and your computer breaks – where do you go to get it fixed? Supermarkets, too, can look appealing when you’re lost in a big city, but where to go to get the best deals on fruit and veg? –> Colombia […]
Sometimes a place and you just don’t click. It just doesn’t happen. This can be for various reasons: you’re tired, it’s not what you’re in the mood for, you’re ill, you’re missing home, someone just put you in a bad mood… –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Sometimes, however, it’s just the fact that the place […]
Like many other big cities, here in Bogota the traffic can become a bit of a nightmare, so locals breathed a collective sigh of relief when, in 2000, the TransMilenio system was opened to the public. The TransMilenio system is similar in concept to an underground metro system – only it’s actually a series of buses that […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Vallenato is one of those things that you either love or you hate or you’re aurally offended by. Myself? I used to hate it but after a year swigging aguardientes and drunkenly slurring the words I’ve come to see the appeal. Vallenato isn’t about the music, it’s about the […]
For raw beaches; a rich, distinct culture and the thrill of pure off-the-beaten track adventure, there can be little better on offer than Colombia’s Pacific Coast. Here we’ve collected a bunch of our favorite photos from the region in order to give you a taste of what’s on offer there if you come to travel […]
Colombia, as we know too well, still suffers from a reputation it earned decades ago. Despite rapid and huge improvements, many minds are still to change and for many travel to Colombia is completely off the card. That’s why we at the Colombia Travel Blog endeavor to bring you as luck information as we can […]
The London Olympics, the Euro 2012 final, Wimbeldon, World Cup Qualifiers, Copa Libertadores, La Liga, the English Premier League and probably some US sports (not my area of expertise)… Since we`re smack bang in the middle of sporting season, we at the Colombia Travel Blog thought it would be prudent to bring you a list […]
Colombia boasts beautiful and interesting cities aplenty. They’re places that bustle with cosmopolitan culture, but that never lose that distinct Latin American flavor. Museums and galleries are found in abundance and the nightlife is almost always rocking. City life in Colombia can be a non-stop whirlwind of new and fascinating things, and that’s why I […]