In honour of this week’s good news (see previous post), today’s post is the most Colombian of weekend posts and dedicated entirely to salsa, in the hopes that a little rumba will bring Marcela back on her feet very quickly. So tonight raise a glass of aguardiente in their honour: May Maria del Mar salsa before […]
Category: Salsa
You may remember us at Colombia Travel Blog writing about our new collaboration with Off2 Colombia last week. Well, we’re continuing the content sharing this week with this fantastic video of their travel to Cartagena. Enjoy! –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– More useful info about Cartagena: Cartagena Photos One Day in Cartagena Cartagena Tours Cartagena Travel Guide […]
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 […]
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) <–
A year ago today I was on board a plane heading towards South America. It was three days after my eldest brothers wedding, meaning I’d had a good opportunity to say goodbye to my entire family; those from London, those from Sheffield, and those from all other corners of England. It also meant everything I […]
Until you travel to a different continent it can be hard to appreciate how ingrained you are in your own culture. For me there’s no better measure of this than the music. I’ve mentioned salsa as an example quite often, since to begin with I couldn’t differentiate the quality of what I was hearing and subsequently wrote […]
I’ll just come clean and admit it; when I first came here I wasn’t the biggest fan of salsa. It was ok, I thought, but I preferred dancing to music that I could actually dance to. How things change. Now when a club only plays a selection of Western music I get a little bit […]
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 […]
Known as one of South America’s primary party destinations, it’s no secret among the backpacker trail that, come nightfall, Medellín is rocking with locals and travellers alike looking to work of some of that steam accumulated during the hot, sunny days. If you’re new to a city it’s not always easy to find out where […]