traveling with family in colombia

  –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Durante casi tres años he vivido, trabajado y viajado por Colombia de forma esporádica. En ese periodo mis padres han venido ha visitarme tres veces desde Inglaterra (soy hijo único, eso ayuda) y juntos hemos hecho viajes por lugares hermosos y diversos. Por supuesto, sus visitas también implican un […]

Family holiday in ColombiaFamily holiday in Colombia

  –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– I have lived, worked and traveled in Colombia for almost 3 years now, on and off, and have been lucky enough to have my parents come over and visit me 3 times (I’m an only child, it helps!). We have had some amazing trips to a variety of diverse […]

Salento Colombia

  –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– My parents, like many people’s I imagine, were initially a little apprehensive about me moving to Colombia; after all, as we’re trying so hard to alter here at the Colombia Travel Blog, negative perceptions about the country still persist, partly down to sensationalist media accounts. However, as they’re my […]

Tejo Colombia

  –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Tejo is one of those things that nobody really believes in outside of Colombia: try telling people that the national sport of the country you live in involves chucking metal lumps at gunpowder whilst getting slowly (and often compulsorily) drunk, and they often won’t believe you, or at least […]

José Celestino Mutis Botanical Gardens

  –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– As this past Monday was a holiday here in Colombia (as it seems every other weekend is sometimes!) I decided not to sit around sleeping off the inevitable novelty-Sunday-party hangover, but do some research for this blog instead (so professional!), and enjoy a day at one of Bogota’s most […]

Parque Arvi Medellin

  –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– One of my favorite things to do with kids (or aunts, uncles, friends, anyone really) in Medellin is to take the metrocable to Parque Arvi. This day trip will take you from the most urban to the most rural areas of Medellin, and give you a whole new perspective of the city. […]