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 […]
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The London Olympics, the Euro 2012 final, Wimbeldon, World Cup Qualifiers, Copa Libertadores, La Liga, the English Premier League and probably some US sports (not my area of expertise)… Since we`re smack bang in the middle of sporting season, we at the Colombia Travel Blog thought it would be prudent to bring you a list […]
Colombia boasts beautiful and interesting cities aplenty. They’re places that bustle with cosmopolitan culture, but that never lose that distinct Latin American flavor. Museums and galleries are found in abundance and the nightlife is almost always rocking. City life in Colombia can be a non-stop whirlwind of new and fascinating things, and that’s why I […]
This weekend, kicking off Friday and ending on Monday, is Rock Al Parque. Rock Al Parque is an annual music festival held in Bogotá that features some of the best local and international talent around at the moment. It’s being running for 16 years, attracting names such as Asian Dub Foundation, Fito Páez, Bloc Party, Coheed […]
When I disembarked at Bogotá airport last year I was greeted by a smiling (and slightly relieved) Marcela. We got in her car and began driving, speaking excitedly about my upcoming travels in Colombia. As the conversation unraveled, I began to glean that there were plans for that very night with Marcela and her family. […]
One of the things you can’t fail to notice on a Colombia vacation is the country’s love of music. It’s not just the fact that music is ubiquitous, but that everyone seems to know every word and sing or dance at every opportunity, including taxi drivers, bus drivers, people in pubs and even just people on […]
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 […]
Today’s guest post is written by Tyler Tex Horton from Traveling with Tyler who recently moved to Bogota after having lived in Thailand. Enjoy! –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Now that I have been in Bogota for over a month, I feel that I get a sense of the city. I would still consider myself […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Today’s post is written by Sara Romes * from See Colombia Travel’s sales department: I have a confession to make…I am not a city girl. I’ve never lived in a city with a population above 3 million people. So when I moved to Bogota, with nearly three times that […]