Colombia, as we know too well, still suffers from a reputation it earned decades ago. Despite rapid and huge improvements, many minds are still to change and for many travel to Colombia is completely off the card. That’s why we at the Colombia Travel Blog endeavor to bring you as luck information as we can […]
Category: Colombia off the beaten path
How to describe Mompox? –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Mompox is like a snapshot; a village that, once you leave, must cease to continue. It feels like a chapter in a book or a moment in a film, and how can you fail to fall in love with a village that casts you as its […]
Colombia, as we’re at pains to stress here at the Colombia Travel Blog, is a country of baffling diversity. Here I’ve visited huge metropolises, beautiful countryside, coffee plantations, the Amazon jungle and now the arid deserts and raw coastlines of La Guajira. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– I was fortunate enough to be given the […]
In High Fidelity, Nick Hornby’s protagonist spends a great deal of his time agonizing over lists: top 5 lists that organize his life into favourites, bests and greatests. It’s a gruelling way to live as anyone that has tried to categorize their favourite films, albums or children will know. Your lists can fluxuate depending on […]
Colombia is a veritable paradise for some. Tourists visiting the country are astounded by the country’s beauty, the deftness and speed of it’s progress and the kindness of its people. For decades, however, the country has been embroiled in violent troubles, remnants of a past that gave Colombia a reputation for being a no-go area. […]
Following in the footsteps of the granddaddy of all Tomatina festivals – Buñol in Spain – comes Colombia’s very own extravaganza: the Tomatina Festival in Sutamarchan. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– The Tomatina Festival will take place this year (2012) on the 9th to 11th of June, where thousands of tomatoes will be propelled through the air, covering […]
So my time at See Colombia Travel is coming to an end. By this time tomorrow I’ll be sitting on a beach, tucking into my second or third ice-cold Aguila of the day, and pondering the eternal question: should I have fish or fish for lunch? It’s always a tough call… –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) […]
Last week we wrote about Capurgana on Colombia’s Caribbean coast in the department of the Chocó: today we are staying firmly in that department, but heading south towards the Pacific coast; one of Colombia’s least visited areas, and almost certainly the least visited stretch of coastline. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– To start with, the […]
Have you ever seen a branch of Body Tech gym in Bogotá: all huge glass panes and beautiful people cycling furiously and not even sweating…its equal parts terrifying and depressing. Some of the independent street gyms aren’t much better: rusty equipment and men who make Schwarzenegger look like…well…me. All in all, the gym can be […]
Colombia has more than its fair share of stunning coastline – about 1,800km of Caribbean and 1,500km of Pacific to be unnecessarily precise. However, possibly the most beautiful corner of Colombia’s coastline is, in fact, right in the corner! Capurganá is a small town, accessible only by infrequent flights and daily speedboats, nestled away right […]