Tag: Colombian Festivals

It’s approaching Holy Week (Semana Santa), and in Colombia that’s kind of a big deal, even comparable to Christmas (see our Noche de las Velitas and Colombian Christmas traditions post for more on that). Most Colombians get the entire week off work, and so a lot of travelling gets done. A popular place to visit […]

I know what you guys are thinking and yes, it is my birthday weekend. No, that doesn’t mean I’m having the biggest party in Colombia this weekend. Fact is, this weekend I have to take second place to a little thing called ‘Carnival de Barranquilla’. Shucks. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Due to its amazing […]

Hello and Happy Valentines Day from Colombia to everybody! –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Yesterday we told you about the many international  Colombia love stories going on here at the See Colombia office. Today we want to share something very special too. Below you’ll find  the video of my surprise proposal to Marcela.  Marcela and […]

So Valentine’s Day is almost here and, love it or hate it, it’s pretty much unavoidable. Not ones to shy away from big, commercial holidays – and although Colombia’s version of Valentine’s day “El dia del amor y la amistad” is months away-  we decided to embrace the thing full-on and bring you some very […]

You know, every day at the Colombia Travel Blog we have someone ask us: ‘What song should I play on Valentines Day (or El Dia del Amor y La Amistad) when I’m trying to woo a Colombian?’ (full disclosure: no-one has ever asked that). Well, we send them a song or two and undoubtedly, with […]

  –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– In much of Latin America what we know as Valentines Day is known as ‘El Dia del Amor y La Amistad’. In Colombia it’s no different, except that when we’re all celebrating on February 14th, those crazy Colombianos will only be doing something special if they happen to have […]

Ferias (or fairs) in Colombian are something you’ll find in almost every region and town in Colombian. From La Feria de las Flores in Medellin to Las Ferias de San Pedro in Neiva there’s always a party going on somewhere. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Two of the biggest ferias en Colombia are Las Ferias […]

2012 promises to be a huge year for Colombia. The country was recently announced as one of the best destinations in the world for the coming year by National Geographic and that was just the tip of the iceberg for the country which saw huge amounts of publicity during 2011 (with our own humble site being […]

Please forgive the potentially politically incorrect notion that a culture’s traditions could be considered ‘unusual’ – especially coming from someone who will teach his children that a fat, bearded old man from the North Pole who rides in on a sleigh pulled by flying reindeers will bring them their presents. And we have a Queen, […]

Nights in December are cold in Bogotá (between 8 and 10 C) but in spite of that, every December 7th, we Bogotans stop virtually everything we are doing to go out and light candles…. I’m not exaggerating, at around 7 PM almost everybody in Bogota (and actually the whole of Colombia – this tradition is […]