Colombia is absolutely chock-a-block (translation for non-native English speakers: full of) with islands: it’s the only country in South America that has both Pacific and Caribbean coastlines, and lots of coast means lots of islands. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– And we’re not talking windswept, weather-beaten, inaccessible rocks here (although there are a fair few […]
Category: Pacific
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Stephanie Ascanio is a Colombian photographer interested in documenting the daily life of urban spaces that surround her. Throughout her career she has created various photographic series. Many of them have led to exhibitions. One of her favorites is “Perspectives”, the photographic series of a job that lasted several months in Chocó […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– I spent 5 days in Colombia’s Chocó department in late August: it was my second visit to this Pacific coast department, and I can say with some certainty that it won’t be the last. The principal reason for my visit to the Chocó was to watch the humpback whales that come […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– We’ve written previously about the experience of arriving in San Cipriano on the town’s famous brujitas: motorbikes strapped to wooden benches, zipping along train tracks through the Pacific jungle…and I’ll bet you thought that the town couldn’t possibly get any better than it’s iconic mode of transport…well, you’re wrong! And here’s […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– I have travelled on some unusual modes of transportation over my many years of travel: tuk-tuks through Bangkok, sea-planes over Vancouver Island, a hot-air balloon over the Masai Mara. Even in Colombia you can often find yourself crammed into the back of a 6-seater bus with 14 other people […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– I recently spent some time in the tiny Pacific jungle village of San Cipriano in Valle del Cauca; it might not be quite on the coast, but the menus are dominated by Pacific coast seafood, as the closest major settlement is the coastal city of Buenaventura. This got me […]