When I first came to Bogotá, I had the pleasure of being introduced to German García Durán, who was to take me and some friends on a tour of the outskirts of Bogotá, skirting villages such as Chia and navigating the winding roads in the surrounding mountains. The views were spectacular. The forests that climbed […]
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.
For those living here in Bogotá, La Macarena is a well-known area since there’s a large expat community, but it can easily escape the typical tourist route as it sits between the popular regions of the city’s center (where you’ll find La Candelaria) and the north. Those exploring the city on a Bogotá tour, however, are […]
As Colombian vacations become increasingly popular and the expat community here grows and grows, so too does the online presence of Colombia in the form of blogs, photo journals, Twitter accounts and even vlogs. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– We here at Travel and Living want to spread the good word about Colombia, and we’re […]