Cocora Wax Palms

  –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Colombia is home to a startling abundance of spectacular natural phenomena: vast coastal deserts, diverse coral reefs, rainforests teeming with life, and a remarkable array of birds, plants and animals. Which is why choosing a favourite spot amongst these wonders is an almost impossible task. However, you’d be hard […]

Colombia Facil Logo

If you’ve travelled in Colombia then you may well recognize the cover of Colombia Fácil: this handy little pocket-sized guide to Colombia is available in hostels throughout the country and online, and provides valuable info on hostels, destinations and Colombian culture. Paul interviewed Inge Swinnen, the brains behind Colombia Fácil, back in 2012 following the publication of […]

Frente Cumbiero Vinyl

  –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: Colombia is a country that lives through music. It’s hard to go anywhere without hearing the distinctive strains of salsa, cumbia, or vallenato blaring out at you. Buses, corner-shops and taxis become more like nightclubs, and the people have an […]

La Casa Amarilla Mompos

  –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Colombia is fast becoming a backpacker paradise, as word spreads about the country’s diversity, friendliness and increasing openness. And where there are backpackers, there are hostels. Colombia has hundreds of hostels, so it’s a tough call to narrow it down to a list of 5, but we love a […]

See Colombia Intern

  –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– I discovered See Colombia Travel in a fairly organic way: a few beers after a game of football, and a chat with Paul Fowler, See Colombia’s Editor at the time. It turned out that he was looking for an intern to write some things in the mornings, about 20 […]

Systema Solar

  –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– It’s Friday! And that can only mean one thing at See Colombia Towers – rumba! Time to throw the laptop out of the window (figuratively speaking of course) and party like it’s 1999. We’re in luck this Friday too, as Barranquilla’s premier party-starters are in Bogota for one night […]