I don’t know why they let me, but I managed to get myself invited to the official launch of Colombia’s new national tourism campaign. Well, two official launches of Colombia’s new national tourism campaign. First, though, let’s have a look at what some of Colombia’s greatest minds have come up with. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) […]
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Hello all, –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Yesterday night we had the honour of being among the few lucky ones assisting to the official launch Colombia’s new international campaign Colombia Realismo Mágico. We’ll be posting our analysis and opinions soon, meanwhile we want to leave you with some of the extended TV ads. Enjoy! JL […]
Picture yourself in this scenario: you win a contest in which the first prize is to get to visit as many countries as you can in a week. The catch is that you only have 2 hours in each country and you have to pick the city and site you think you’d want to know […]
We’re thrilled to announce that yesterday, the 24th of March, the Bloggies announced their winners and we were number 1. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– This is great news for us and a real boost for the team. As you’ll no doubt have seen, we’ve worked really hard to make this blog what it is today and […]
If you’ve ever read this blog before, you will be well aware that we think living in Colombia as an expat is just about as good as it gets. Sure, we have gripes and complaints, but on the whole it’s a thoroughly enjoyable experience. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– However, for all the greatness that […]
Why do foreigners love Colombia? We all have different reasons and that’s why some months ago Paul and I decided to be part of RCN Internacional’s Como en Casa show to let the world know our own reasons. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Enjoy! JL
This is about time. And how it can change a place, almost beyond recognition. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Well, time – along with imagination, determination, and a lot of hard work. There was a time – and really, in the great scheme of things, it wasn’t that long ago – when Medellín was really […]
A few weeks ago we asked our readers to help us getting nominated so we could spread the good word about Colombia to an even wider audience , and now the whole Colombia Travel Blog Team feels honored to be in the running for a 2013 Bloggie Award in the category Best Latin America Blog!! Thank you […]
Above is a photo of a city that’s found itself the centre of a bit of a media uproar. During the otherwise completely succesful Madonna tour of Medellín, Madge’s little pride and joy, Rocco, posted a photo of the very same city to his private Instagram account. The furore about this isn’t over whether this […]
Alright, I have a backpack. I may have hiked on one or two trails in my time. I may even have stayed in a backpacker’s hostel on one or two occasions. That doesn’t make me part of that excitable, peculiar tribe known as Backpackers, though. No, sir. I’m as much a backpacker as I am […]









