Guest posts at the Colombia Travel Blog do not necessarily represent the opinion of our team. In fact, they are often chosen specifically because they offer an alternative perspective and can give rise to interesting debate. Guest authors neither pay nor receive any sort of compensation for their participation. Illustrations and captions are provided by The […]
Tag: Moving to Colombia
As I’ve hinted at before, there are many reasons why I’m still here in Colombia, instead of where I thought I’d be right now. I feel as though this country has thrown down its challenge to me, and I’ve found that when I accept, I’m richly rewarded. There is such a massive variety of things […]
Before I get into how I ended up living in Colombia, I first wanted to talk about how I recently found myself, seemingly out of my control, running up the Torre Colpatria, Colombia’s tallest tower. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– A friend signed me up and paid and so there was no going back. As […]
We’d like to extend a warm welcome to our newest member of the team, Paul Giles. Here he is to tell you a little bit about himself, and what he’s doing in our beloved Colombia. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Well, I’d like to extend a warm thanks for the welcome – both to the […]
If you’re a frequent reader of the Colombia Travel Blog, you’ll know that Colombia is a country full of surprises; full of the weird, the wonderful, a whole lot of beauty and, at times, the downright bizarre. One of the biggest surprises for most people, of course, is how safe they feel when they arrive. […]
Guest posts at the Colombia Travel Blog do not necessarily represent the opinion of our team. In fact, they are often chosen specifically because they offer an alternative perspective and can give rise to interesting debate. Guest authors neither pay nor receive any sort of compensation for their participation. Illustrations and captions are provided by […]
Hola, I’m Sarah, regular suitcase packer, Salsa addict and the new See Colombia Travel Intern. I’m from Brisbane, Australia, but have been travelling through Colombia since 2006 when I first got to travel to Medellín, the City of Eternal Spring. Now I’m living like a Rolo in Bogotá and have just moved to La Candelaria. […]
A visa is required for entry into Colombia, unless you are citizen of one of the following countries: –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Argentina, Austria, Barbados, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Chile, Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador, Spain, United States, Finland, France, Great Britain, Guatemala, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxemburg, Mexico, Norway, The Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Republic […]
This is a guest post from our good friend Jonathan House. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– There are many instances where to translate literally from Spanish to English is a mistake; ‘La Finca’ is one of them. To utter these words to any of my Colombian friends instantly conjures up images of sun, swimming pools, […]
When I first came to Colombia Alvaro Uribe was president, and Juan Manuel Santos was his right-hand man and Defence Minister. By the summer of 2010 Santos had been elected to continue Uribe’s hard-line policies against the FARC. Today the two men are enemies, with Uribe the official opposition to his former protégé. –> Colombia […]