I remember traveling to Sri Lanka some years ago and being told that no matter how poor people were, going hungry was very rare as the abundance of fruit the country had to offer ensured there was always something to eat. Now I’m not sure if that’s the same here in Colombia, but certainly there’s an […]
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.
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– As you’ll know if you’re a regular reader of the Colombia Travel Blog, we were recently chosen as one of the official bloggers for Colombia. Our first piece has been published and we’d very much like it if you went ahead and checked it out. It’s called: 5 Reasons […]
When people think of travel to Colombia, few think of the leafy streets and progressive architecture of Medellin, nor the stunning colonial streets of Cartagena, the buzzing streets of Cali or the cosmopolitan Bogota. Inevitably, most people will think these cities look something like this: –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Not true, Mr. Hollywood. In […]
I know what you guys are thinking and yes, it is my birthday weekend. No, that doesn’t mean I’m having the biggest party in Colombia this weekend. Fact is, this weekend I have to take second place to a little thing called ‘Carnival de Barranquilla’. Shucks. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Due to its amazing […]
As anyone learning Spanish will know, it’s a language that changes a great deal in tone, style and even lexicon from country to country. Don’t be surprised, for example, to find yourself uncapable of understanding Argentinian Spanish if you learnt the bulk of what you know in Spain. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– We already […]
So Valentine’s Day is almost here and, love it or hate it, it’s pretty much unavoidable. Not ones to shy away from big, commercial holidays – and although Colombia’s version of Valentine’s day “El dia del amor y la amistad” is months away- we decided to embrace the thing full-on and bring you some very […]
You know, every day at the Colombia Travel Blog we have someone ask us: ‘What song should I play on Valentines Day (or El Dia del Amor y La Amistad) when I’m trying to woo a Colombian?’ (full disclosure: no-one has ever asked that). Well, we send them a song or two and undoubtedly, with […]
Dance Salsa For us rigidly-hipped, socially awkward Brits just a passing brush of the shoulder can be awkward, nevermind full on, face-to-face body contact with someone of the opposite sex! But, such is the life in South America and you better get used to it. No experience in Colombia is complete without dancing just a […]
So we’ve heard what people from all around the world have said about why you should come to Colombia, and we at the Colombia Travel Blog have made our feelings pretty clear, too. We’re also part of a group of Official Travel Bloggers in Colombia that includes over 30 expats from all over the world […]
For us it started as a pretty humble project by Marcela. Her idea, having worked in tourism throughout South America, was to begin a blog about her own country. A country with little coverage, and one that the company she worked for wouldn’t even touch. She found what people thought about her country was very […]