A while ago I was staying with a couple of Colombians and a friend of mine came to visit us. Keen to know everything about Colombian culture, she fired hundreds of questions towards the Bogotanos and sat listening intently as our hosts unloaded hours of information about the history of the country, and how things […]
Tag: Colombian Coffee
Obviously when moving to a different continent you expect there to be many cultural differences. Language, for starters, but even the way people greet each other or say goodbye, the way families interact and the foods people eat can take some getting used to. These sorts of things, however, we come to expect and they’re […]
One of Colombia‘s most important exports is its coffee. Over 10 million bags of coffee are exported every year from Colombia, to areas such as Japan, Australia, Europe and the US. Colombia is up with Vietnam and Brazil as one of the world’s most popular coffee producers, and the country has a reputation as one […]
We’ve written about Colombia’s spectacularly varied topography before. Here you can find yourself roaming through dense jungles, wading in turquoise seas or hiking in stunning mountain ranges all in one trek. Though good for the tourist, when roads began to be formed amongst these landscapes Colombians were faced with somewhat of a dilemma: where could […]
We were walking around the main square of Salento, a beautiful, traditional village in Colombia, with houses so colourful you feel as though you’re in a sweet factory. Children in identical outfits were running around the plaza, while old men wearing cowboy hats and denim stood in front of the village church, talking to each […]