Tag: Bogota

Ever sat there and thought to yourself, ‘if I was a neighbourhood in Bogota, which would I be?’ –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Worry no more, beloved Colombia Travel Blog reader, because we’ve got all the answers for you. Consult our list below and see which neighbourhood you most identify with. Who knows, you might […]

Today’s post comes from our friend and fellow Official Blogger Diana from Bogota Eats and Drinks. Diana, thanks to her upbringing and educations, knows a great deal about food and her blog is a great source of information for where to eat and drink in Bogota (as the name suggests). We recommend checking it out. Now, […]

So it’s Monday morning. Everyone hates Mondays right? Especially after the inevitable lazy Sunday spent trying to watch online movies through one bloodshot eye, drinking copious amounts of water in a fruitless attempt to shake off that killer guaro hangover… –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– No chance! Bogotá is not a city that lends itself to […]

Have you ever seen a branch of Body Tech gym in Bogotá: all huge glass panes and beautiful people cycling furiously and not even sweating…its equal parts terrifying and depressing. Some of the independent street gyms aren’t much better: rusty equipment and men who make Schwarzenegger look like…well…me. All in all, the gym can be […]

“What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it” (Gabriel García Márquez) –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <–   I once met Gabriel García Márquez’s biographer, who assured me (over a questionable plate of unagi) that Colombia’s best-loved writer was, in fact, the world’s best-loved writer. […]

Safety in Colombia Week, Day 3! Today we are focusing on the side of Colombia most people don’t expect to see: the new image which is being cultivated by cities like Bogotá and Medellín as centres of culture and diversity, far from the stereotypical image of bombs and kidnappings which many people still unfortunately have.   –> […]

It was around 1pm in the afternoon on the 9th of April, 1948. Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, a prominent liberal politician, left his office to meet with Fidel Castro, among others, to discuss the Latin American Youth Congress. He never made it to the meeting. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Gaitán was shot twice in the […]

Today is a monumental day. Is it the constant sheets of rain that cascade down my window in Bogotá? No, that’s no it. Is it that today I’m going to Estereo Picnic? That’s cool, but no, that’s not it either. It’s not even that today marks the start of the Semana Santa festivities. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) […]

I always believed in you, Bogotá. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Just a few days ago my adopted city, the exhaustingly activity-rich Bogotá, was given the title of City Of Music by UNESCO. This makes it the 5th City of Music in the world, after Seville, Bologna, Glasgow, and Ghent. It was recognised, according to ColombiaReports.com, […]

When I first came to Bogotá, I had the pleasure of being introduced to Germain García Durán, who was to take me and some friends on a tour of the outskirts of Bogotá, skirting villages such as Chia and navigating the winding roads in the surrounding mountains. The views were spectacular. The forests that climbed up […]