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A country of baffling diversity, Colombia offers endless options to the intrepid traveller. Deserts, mountains, Caribbean and Pacific coastlines, verdant flatlands… If you’re searching for it, chances are you can find it in Colombia. For this reason Colombia is becoming more and more popular with all kinds of tourists – including couples getting married in […]

Barranquilla is a port at the North Coast of Colombia, a city with a little more than a million people and fourth in size after Bogota, Medellin, and Cali. For many years, especially during the 18th Century,  Barranquilla was a very important trading port and therefore, as most big harbors around the world, lots of […]

Marcela may not be any fit state to ‘rumbear’ (party) at the moment since she’s expecting a baby quite soon, but once upon a time she was relied upon as a dependable source of information for where to go in Bogotá. Of course, these days I’ve taken it upon myself to work hard and try […]

If you’re a frequent reader of the Colombia Travel Blog, you’ll know that Colombia is a country full of surprises; full of the weird, the wonderful, a whole lot of beauty and, at times, the downright bizarre. One of the biggest surprises for most people, of course, is how safe they feel when they arrive. […]

This is part two of our photo essay about the Fería de Las Flores in Medellín, 2011. It’s a week of flowers, dancing, cars, merriment and much more, all in ‘The City of Eternal Spring’. If you missed out this year, be sure to plan ahead and go in 2012. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <–

As we at See Colombia Travel continue to grow, many things are happening that we’re getting excited about. You’ll remember our Facebook Marriage Proposal Video that went viral on YouTube; things are still happening with that. Moreover, we’ve been covered in the San Francisco Chronicle and USA Today and interviewed by The Guardian (UK), with […]

You may remember a while ago on our humble Colombia Travel Blog that our beloved JL posted something about the potential for tourism in Colombia, and the need for an identifiable icon for Colombia. Well today we’re focusing on icons too, but in a completely different way. From dancing queens to the just plain mean, […]

If I had to collect a list of 3 things that would impress locals if you already knew about when you visit Colombia they’d be salsa, aguardiente and Carlos Vives. Yup, even more useful than knowing the language. Seeing as I’ve written about salsa and aguardiente here on our Colombia Travel Blog, I think it’s nigh […]

To conclude what’s become known around the office as ‘Medellín Week’, we’ve decided to round up our trip with something of a photo essay about our time at Medellín‘s Fería de Las Flores 2011. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– We don’t have photos of some of the awesome concerts that took place earlier in the […]

On a Wednesday in Bogotá there’s little doubt about where to go. Although the bars and pubs in Zona Rosa are invariably busy, most of those looking for something a little wilder will head into the city’s centre to Quiebracanto for a night of drinking, dancing and a palpable potential for romance. –> Colombia Dolar […]