To round off safety week Colombia Travel Blog is going to be looking at the places which were once no-go zones in Colombia and have opened up to travel. Many areas were once controlled by either guerrillas or paramilitaries, and were impossible for travellers to visit. However in the last 10 years Colombia has seen […]
Tag: Colombian Culture
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Fernando Botero, the globally renowned Colombian artist, turns 80 today, and to celebrate his life we here at See Colombia have put together 80 facts about Señor Botero (some may or may not be true): His full name is Fernando Botero Angulo. He was born in Medellin, Colombia […]
Paul McCartney in Colombia… Who would have thought it? –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Macca graces our shores on the 19th of April in what promises to be one of the biggest concerts in Colombian history. Sakes for tickets to see Paul McCartney in Colombia broke all records in the country, and remaining are only […]
Living in a world dominated by media it can sometimes be hard to form truly informed opinions – it becomes easy to rely on images you are fed to provide information. This is one of the primary reasons people still fear Colombia, even though they emphatically shouldn’t. The images of the country purported by Hollywood […]
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 […]
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It’s approaching Semana Santa and we in the office are getting pretty excited. Semana Santa means travel, and that’s exactly what we’re all doing. Here’s a run down of our travel plans. Be sure to get in touch on Facebook and let us know what your plans are, we love to hear of travel adventures (and […]
There was a nervousnes in the air at first; a palpable sense of weighty expectations and excitement. Microphones didn’t work, and the usually composed Master of Ceremonies was visibly giddy as she addressed the members of the press. Journalists whispered among themselves, comparing notes and questions, seeing who had the more penetrating material. Pages rustled, […]
On April 19th Paul McCartney will perform live in El Campín, Bogotá. This follows concerts from Britney Spears, Aerosmith, Morrissey and more, but is still somewhat unprecedented. Paul McCartney, as I have no doubt you already know, is an absolute living legend. And he’s playing here, in Bogotá. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– To think […]
++Guest post by Darren Mills. Darren is travelling through Colombia for 2 months having been around Central and South America for just over a year. He’s currently staying in Bogotá before heading to El Choco in a month. The views expressed herein are his own.++ –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– With Semana Santa on the […]