Chris and Falcao

  –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– With the sounds coming out of the Monaco fitness room growing increasingly positive about the chances of Falcao featuring in Brazil 2014, it might seem tempting to assume that the sight of El Tigre in full flow, terrorizing opposition defences, is going to be a feature of this year’s […]

Remembering Gabo

  –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– When I first pulled One Hundred Years of Solitude from the shelf in my local bookshop, aged 14, and quickly parted with the princely sum of eight pounds to take it home (mainly because I loved the sound of the author’s name and the cover-art,), I could never have […]

El Gabo

  –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Gabriel Garcia Marquez will forever be remembered as a man of letters; a literary icon almost without equal, and the originator of the Latin American literary ‘boom’ with whom he is synonymous. However, what many people may not know is that music was as much, if not more, of […]

La Guajira

  –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Colombia is a country of wondrous destinations; a place with stunning variety and remarkable diversity. It is also home to some truly surreal travel destinations: places where reality and imagination seem to converge. Here are our Top 5 surreal spots in Colombia: 1. La Guajira Gigantic sand-dunes crashing into […]

San Antero Donkey Festival

  –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– If the Wanderlust strikes you this Easter week, but you really don’t feel like long religious processions between churches (beautiful and fascinating…but it’s a lot of walking, and we’re on holiday!), then there’s at least one rather alternative Colombian festival that you might be interested in…I’m talking, of course, […]

Outside La Casa Amarilla, Mompox

Para leer la versión en inglés has click aqui –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Colombia se está convirtiendo rápidamente en un paraíso para los mochileros, a medida que se pasa la voz sobre la diversidad, la amabilidad y la creciente apertura del país. Y donde hay mochileros, hay hostels. Colombia tiene cientos de hostels así que […]

Mompos Semana Santa

  –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– It’s Semana Santa! Holy Week is here finally – it’s one of Colombia’s biggest and most important holidays, and a great chance to travel around the country experiencing traditional Colombian cultural celebrations, of which there are many. One of the most iconic takes place in the town of Mompos, […]