Before I begin, I’d just like to make it clear that cheese is great (get it, haw haw haw?). Not only do I get baffled when I try to work out how somebody in the dim, distant, depressing days before the birth of Baby Cheeses finally worked out the complicated process necessary to produce this […]
Category: Colombian Culture
Note: This post delves into the world of the ancient indigenous customs surrounding the consumption of the psychedelic drug/medicine known as yage. I don’t want to sound too preachy, but, as you will read, my experience with it made me realise that it’s no game, but actually a pretty serious undertaking. I’d urge anyone considering […]
You may or may not have seen Huffington Post’s excellent article detailing 21 reasons Colombia is the happiest country in the world. Well, as a group of international travellers that have lived here for many, many years, we thought we’d bring you some extras. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Aguardiente Let’s face it, there are a […]
We’d like to welcome on board the guys at 2sporks1cup, who travelled to Colombia this year. This Aussie and Colombian couple kept their blog diligently updated through their travels and continue to update now they’re back in the land of Oz. We’ll be re-posting some of our top picks in the coming months to give […]
Watching an impressive parade of floats like this was only the beginning… It’s Wednesday night, and from what I can gather from the pagans, we’re supposed to be going to an indigenous house in the morning to take yage, some kind of “spiritual medicine,” which means we shouldn’t eat, drink alcohol, or engage in other […]
Well, I’m still alive. I’ve just spent a fairly insane week in the southern city of Pasto with three crazy Colombian pagans, during the Black and White Festival – its most intense week. I’ve witnessed arcane rituals in front of volcanoes, choked on foam and powder in street battles, and almost lost my mind at […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Single? Female? Have itchy feet and keen to travel Colombia? Well, let me let you in on a bit of a secret girls – Colombia is calling. Being a single female and deciding to travel to Colombia alone was definitely one of the scariest things I’ve ever done, but also one […]
Back in 1760 a Spanish scientist named José Celestino Mutis came over to travel Colombia to explore and document the native flora and fauna of this mysterious and majestic part of the Americas. In 1763 Mutis asked his motherland to sponsor his expedition and 20 LONG years later, the king gave him the OK. Olé! […]
After our 2012 Awards and the See Colombia Travel Review of 2012 we thought we’d bring you our final look back at the year that was today, in the form of a review of what adventures made up our respective year. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Paul Giles Somehow inexplicably, this year finds me living in Bogota. […]
Oh, hello there! –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Welcome to the See Colombia Travel Year in Review for 2012. It’s been some 12 months for us. Our team has grown hugely (welcome to all the new faces once again!), we’ve brought many, many more happy clients to Colombia and we’ve found ourselves in the media […]