There was recently an article in El Tiempo discussing what Bogotá needs in order to become a ‘global city’. I already see Bogotá as an ostensibly cosmopolitan, international city, but I understand what the article is saying. Indeed, it’s a topic we at the Colombia Travel Blog have thought about before. For all its virtues, […]
Category: Colombian Culture
Not knowing very much more about Colombia other than it being somewhere in South America, and that two of my best mates were from there (I’m sure I didn’t even know how to spell it), there’s plenty I could say I wish I’d known before coming here for what I stupidly thought was a month. […]
Primero que todo les voy a contar unos detalles personales para que me entiendan: Antes de venir a Colombia por primera vez ya había vivido y/o viajado por más de 1 año por distintos países de Sudamérica y según yo (y varios amigos que conocí a lo largo del camino) ya me defendía bien en […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– The See Colombia Travel Best Meme of 2012 Keep Calm and See Colombia Sometimes, all the pieces fit. The best memes are simple, memorable, visually arresting, and put a little twist on something that’s in the collective consciousness. Here, we have a familiar formula given a little spin, using […]
All countries, and even most regions, have their own unique brand of slang. Slang not only colours a language, but also contains something of a regional identity; these deviations from language can set you apart from other places and strengthen your feeling of belonging to a place. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– They can also […]
Since I’ve been living in Colombia, I’ve always wondered what things about Colombia I would miss if I ever had the misfortune to have to leave this country. Heading back home for a short trip, I wasn’t really expecting to miss that much. How wrong I was. Colombia has obviously got deeper under my skin […]
En nuestros posts anteriores ya hemos visto como muchos expats han venido a Colombia y han quedado completamente enamorados del país, tanto que decidieron quedarse en Colombia y nos preguntamos, ¿Qué ha pasado con el viajero colombiano? Aunque somos muy patrióticos y por supuesto amamos nuestro país tristemente la mayoría no conocemos muchos de los sitios que […]
Bueno los saludo nuevamente, lectores de Colombia Travel Blog. Para aquellos que no me conocen, mi nombre es Paul y solía ser el editor de este blog antes de que me mudara a Berlín donde trabajo actualmente para Viventura. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Parece que fue hace mucho que aborde el avión con rumbo […]
Hola a todos, –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Ya hemos hablado en nuestro Blog otras veces como el español de Colombia nos parece el que mejor se habla y pronuncia en nuestro Continente. Como el único latino-no-Colombiano de este equipo y después de haber vivido varios países de América Latina yo creo a pies juntillas […]
It seems that every day now I get an email from someone wondering about what it’s like to live in Colombia. I even had several people ask me when I went back to the UK recently. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– And they weren’t just casually inquiring. These are all people that are genuinely interested […]