–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Gabriel García Márquez es la figura más emblemática de Colombia: un gigante literario cuya actitud relajada e informal encanto costeño lo han hecho un héroe para millones de personas. Tuvo una vida muy peculiar. Así que aquí esta el Top 5 de See Colombia Travel con nuestros momentos favoritos […]
Category: Colombia Magical Realism
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– I have loved birds since I was a little boy growing up in Shropshire in England. I used to have a little green bird-book that I studied meticulously so I could learn what they all looked like, and, on weekends (assuming I was good), my parents and I would […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Gabriel Garcia Marquez is Colombia’s most iconic figure: a literary giant whose laid-back attitude and casual costeno charm have made him a hero to millions. He’s had a pretty colourful life as well, so here are See Colombia’s Top 5 favourite Gabo moments: 1. “Turn this car around!” The […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Yesterday probably the greatest living Colombian turned 87 years old – Gabriel Garcia Marquez (or Gabo to his friends). What a life it’s been: from the little town of Aracataca to the Nobel Prize for Literature, Gabo has retained his massive popularity in Colombia thanks to his easy costeno […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– There’s something I’m often struck by here in Colombia. And it’s not lightning – that only happened once, and I’m feeling much better now, thank you. No, no: this striking aspect of Colombia is how it just seems that if you want something, there will be somebody there […]
Nov 28
Crónicas de la Guajira – Fantasmas, tesoros escondidos y un pájaro loco: Conoce a Don Jorge Solano, encargado de la cueva.
You can find the english version of this post here: https://seecolombia.travel/blog/2012/11/la-guajira-part-i-ghosts-hidden-treasures-and-a-crazy-bird-meet-don-jorge-adalberto-solano-the-cave-keeper/ –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Dicen que se trata del viaje no del destino…pero ya estábamos ansiosos por llegar a la cueva prometida. Aunque el paisaje es increible y sentíamos que estábamos a punto de vivir una aventura al mejor estilo de Indiana Jones, ya habíamos […]
The mere fact of having grown up in Australia gave me the obscene luxury to live much of my life on a whim. I went to a world-class university (for free, really) because I kind-of felt like it, traveled to live in Korea comfortably just because I could speak English, and arrived in Colombia because […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– As a cynical European, I always understood Magical Realism as crazy Latin American folklore, a literary device that had no real connection to the world. My British skepticism couldn’t grasp the concept, the idea of magic being present in the mundane, real world, of normal, realistic settings going hand […]