Recently, I was offered the opportunity to move to Medellin and experience Paisa culture from the point of view of a resident rather than a tourist. For someone who, on a whim, decided to stay in Colombia and abandon his life in London, I was genuinely surprised by how difficult I found the thought of […]
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As someone who despises the idea of camping (this all stems from a slightly traumatic experience I had in Chile once, but which is far too long and emotional to go into right now), I was less than pleased when some of my friends suggested we go to Neusa to camp. By a lake. In […]
Walk into any Colombian bar, house, club or even little shop on the street corner and you will be sure to find a bunch of merry Colombians chuckling away as they down shot after shot of aguardiente. For this is the country’s national spirit, which transcends social, racial, cultural and professional boundaries. It can be […]
A couple of days ago I was invited to a Novenas to take part in a tradition that is truly unique to Colombia and parts of Venezuela and Ecuador. My experience of the celebration suggests that it is a gathering of the whole family (and a random Arab) at one of the family members’ houses […]
Before I get into how I ended up living in Colombia, I first wanted to talk about how I recently found myself, seemingly out of my control, running up the Torre Colpatria, Colombia’s tallest tower. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– A friend signed me up and paid and so there was no going back. As […]