I love eating Colombian food. At home or at restaurants in Miami, it was always easy to find. For the last 10 years I’ve been living in Atlanta and it took some time to find some good Colombian restaurants. Most of the time here, when I’ve felt the urge, I would go to one close by and […]
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.
I’m a man of simple pleasures: music, books, football, travel… These are the things I think about during my spare time. One thing about these interests that frustrates me, however, is that I can’t drink them. That’s where beer comes in. I can drink beer. Delicious, delicious beer. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– One thing […]
In honour of today’s match against Argentina (which Colombia are definitely going to win), enjoy this pick of Colombian songs that are guaranteed to have you in the mood for some serious Colombian pride. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– COME ON COLOMBIA!
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Ah, the sweet glory of a “puente” (long weekend). In Colombia there are far more than we get back in Europe, the States or in Australia, and at certain times of the year it can feel like you’re on full-time vacation. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Luckily for those of us living in Colombia, the […]
What do Sean “Puffy” Combs, Pepsi, President Obama and us have in common? –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– We’ve all bought Twitter followers. Buying Twitter followers is a popular method to gain fans. It’s easy, it’s quick. it’s cheap and can potentially drive your amount of followers through the roof. Great, right? Well, no. Our […]
One of the most oft-repeated bits of advice given to foreigners in Colombia is to avoid taking taxis off the street. It’s not that they’re all bad (far from it), it’s just that there have been incidents in the past, and people here would rather you avoid this kind of thing. So what do you […]
By now we’re sure you’ve heard the usual spiel: Medellín has incredible weather, Bogotá has an unbeatable nightlife, Cartagena boasts some mad-lovely architecture, Cali salsas until the sunrises, etc etc etc. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– These are all some major upsides to living in Colombia (and there are many, many more, too), but what […]
Bogotá may not have the biggest expat community out there, but the one it does have is thriving, well-connected and, best of all, pretty damn fun. There are various opportunities to meet up with expats from all over the world in that are living in Bogotá and exchange stories, guzzle beers, reminisce about life back […]
On reading that post by ole Richard McColl (An article that found itself rightly appalled By that excuse for news, the thing that quite filled Page upon page of that German rag, Bild), –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– I didn’t know whether to laugh, or to cry, At this perfect-pitched piece by our erudite guy, […]