–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Friday is here (quite predictably to be honest…), and we’re counting down the hours ’til we can turn off the computer, pick up a bottle of guaro and hit the town. And what better music to boogie to on a Friday than the Pacific coast hip-hop of Colombia’s mighty […]
Category: Colombia Travel Blog
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– For many travellers visiting Colombia, Bogota is a city that they will pass through on several occasions. Think about it: unless you’re backpacking through the country, there’s a good chance that you will fly in and out of Bogota’s El Dorado airport. Now, we here at See Colombia love […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Today marks the first day of Bogota’s annual International Book Fair (FILBO). The festival will run for two weeks between April 29 and May 12, and takes place in Corferias, a large convention centre in the neighbourhood of Quintaparedes (Corferias address: Cra. 37 #24-67). Since the fair began in […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Growing up in Miami, I only knew one of my first cousins on my dad’s side of the family, my Uncle Jesus’ daughter Christa. As I kid, I remember seeing her on a lot of occasions, playing at her house and that she was madly in love with Menudo, yeah […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– With the sounds coming out of the Monaco fitness room growing increasingly positive about the chances of Falcao featuring in Brazil 2014, it might seem tempting to assume that the sight of El Tigre in full flow, terrorizing opposition defences, is going to be a feature of this year’s […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– When I first pulled One Hundred Years of Solitude from the shelf in my local bookshop, aged 14, and quickly parted with the princely sum of eight pounds to take it home (mainly because I loved the sound of the author’s name and the cover-art,), I could never have […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– So, I’d like to introduce myself. My name is Jess and I am lucky enough to be working as See Colombia Travel’s new intern. I’ve been living and working in Bogota, Colombia for almost two months. I’ve taught English as a foreign language on and off for about three […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Gabriel Garcia Marquez will forever be remembered as a man of letters; a literary icon almost without equal, and the originator of the Latin American literary ‘boom’ with whom he is synonymous. However, what many people may not know is that music was as much, if not more, of […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Colombia is a country of wondrous destinations; a place with stunning variety and remarkable diversity. It is also home to some truly surreal travel destinations: places where reality and imagination seem to converge. Here are our Top 5 surreal spots in Colombia: 1. La Guajira Gigantic sand-dunes crashing into […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– If the Wanderlust strikes you this Easter week, but you really don’t feel like long religious processions between churches (beautiful and fascinating…but it’s a lot of walking, and we’re on holiday!), then there’s at least one rather alternative Colombian festival that you might be interested in…I’m talking, of course, […]