Valentine’s Day is a strange ‘holiday’ in Colombia…mainly ’cause it’s not, strictly speaking, a holiday here at all. Colombia celebrates its own version of the “romantic” day with ‘El día del amor y la amistad’ every September, on the third Saturday of the month. If I’m being honest, I prefer the Colombian version, love and […]
Category: Salsa
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. […]
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 […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Colombia, como lo hemos mencionado es un país cautivante para viajar, la calidez y el entusiasmo de su gente es parte de su magia. Sin embargo, debemos prevenir a nuestros futuros viajeros: los colombianos aman bailar…tanto que, respiren hondo… esperan que tú también lo hagas. Y por bailar, no […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Colombia, as I think we’ve mentioned, is a captivating country to travel in, and the people’s warmth and zest for life is part of the magic. However, prospective travellers be warned: Colombians love to dance…so much so that, deep breath, they’ll expect you to dance as well! And by […]
The period between Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve, it’s just plain boring. Everyone is either on holiday or with their families, the streets are deserted and there’s nothing for you to do, right? Well, not in Colombia, people. The party-mad folk in Cali aren’t going to spend five days sitting around waiting for the […]
Do you like Gilesy’s writing? If so, please take one minute to leave a comment of at least ten words here to help him win the award for best ex-pat blogger. Thanks! –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– If I were to be glibly simplistic, as is my wont, I could say that Colombia is music; and […]
Now, I rarely impress anyone. My mum won’t even really watch me when I do something really cool like balance on one leg or wave my arms around a bit. I thought I’d just put that out there just in case you think I’m trying to give myself airs with the title of the piece. […]
Colombia’s Pacific region of Chocó is perhaps most closely linked in people’s minds to Colombia’s armed conflict and is almost synonymous with the outsider, media-inspired image of Colombia as a vast, lawless jungle, home to drug dealers, freedom fighters and soldiers. However, Quibdo’s San Pacho Festival, named on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list, is a […]
La versión de este post en castellano aquí : https://seecolombia.travel/blog/2013/10/el-adios-de-un-ingles-que-ama-colombia/ –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Even as the rain dragged on in Bogota, leaving Colombia wasn’t easy. I found out I’d been offered a job in Berlin via a Skype call. I tapped my pen on the desk. I slowly lowered my gaze down to my interview […]