Para leer esto en español, haz clic aqui –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– In Colombia we start getting ready for Christmas as early as November with houses and malls lighting up all over the country. This is without doubt the best time of the year and as it flies by so quickly people can’t wait […]
Category: Colombian Culture
As we mentioned last week, Colombians are crazy for Christmas. Lights, nativity scenes and massive sculptures are just some of the things you might encounter if you spend Christmas in Colombia. Today we wanted to share some snaps we took of the Christmas decorations in Bogota, feel free to share any more you may have! […]
Christmas in Colombia is an entirely different experience to what we might be used to back in Europe. As soon as they possibly can, Colombians start to decorate their houses, celebrate the festive season with their family and, as with Christmas elsewhere, eat and drink more than is good for you. Here are just a […]
Bogota, la capitale de la Colombie. Une ville vibrante et animée qui cache bien des endroits à visiter. Du quartier vivant et bohème de la Candelaria aux régions plus riches au Nord, Bogota regorge de lieux incontournables éparpillés dans toute la ville. Il faut compter deux heures pour la traverser du nord au sud en […]
Nov 28
Crónicas de la Guajira – Fantasmas, tesoros escondidos y un pájaro loco: Conoce a Don Jorge Solano, encargado de la cueva.
You can find the english version of this post here: https://seecolombia.travel/blog/2012/11/la-guajira-part-i-ghosts-hidden-treasures-and-a-crazy-bird-meet-don-jorge-adalberto-solano-the-cave-keeper/ –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Dicen que se trata del viaje no del destino…pero ya estábamos ansiosos por llegar a la cueva prometida. Aunque el paisaje es increible y sentíamos que estábamos a punto de vivir una aventura al mejor estilo de Indiana Jones, ya habíamos […]
Living or travelling in Colombia, as we mention on a daily basis, is a truly enriching experience. I, like most foreigners who decide to live in Colombia, am enchanted by Colombian culture and its peculiarities. So much so that I have even begun to adopt some of the ‘Colombianisms’ that seemed so strange to me […]
Hace aproximadamente un mes compartimos con ustedes las 5 pequeñas diferencias entre la cultura inglesa y la colombiana. Bueno hemos decidido continuar con este acercamiento a las diferencias desde una perspectiva más personal: como las personas interactúan, que las hace diferentes. A continuación les voy a presentar las 5 cosas que he encontrado que hacen […]
In the words of possibly the greatest Australian poet of all time, if you ever find yourself in “a ball of confusion, when nothing is new and there´s nothing doin´, step back in time.” And if ever happen to be lucky enough to find yourself travelling in Colombia, one of your best options if you […]
Moustaches are amazing. It’s just a scientific fact. Colombia has a long and venerable history of recognising this iron-clad fact, and, in honour of Movember (which, we should remember, is first and foremost a charity event), it’s time to look at some representatives of the mighty ‘tache in our beloved Colombia: the good, the bad, and […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– As a cynical European, I always understood Magical Realism as crazy Latin American folklore, a literary device that had no real connection to the world. My British skepticism couldn’t grasp the concept, the idea of magic being present in the mundane, real world, of normal, realistic settings going hand […]