Click aqui para la version en castellano de este post. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– We know that the internet and blogging and social media are changing our lives. The way we interact, the way we work and the way we socialise has all changed completely. Rarely, however, do these things affect us quite as directly as […]
Tag: Moving to Colombia
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– The featured photo is of one of the most incredible, beautiful and unique natural phenomena in the entire world. Caño Cristales, the River of Seven Colours, has to be seen to be believed. No other place in the world comes close to it. BRITS, CANADIANS, AUSTRALIANS AND KIWIS: DO […]
By now we’re sure you’ve heard the usual spiel: Medellín has incredible weather, Bogotá has an unbeatable nightlife, Cartagena boasts some mad-lovely architecture, Cali salsas until the sunrises, etc etc etc. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– These are all some major upsides to living in Colombia (and there are many, many more, too), but what […]
In the fine tradition of taking two seemingly completely different cities and making you realise that they’re not that different after all, in this post, I plan to use my amazing powers of obfuscation to confuse you so much that you won’t know your Seoul from your Bogota. There are some fairly mundane and uninteresting […]
Bogotá may not have the biggest expat community out there, but the one it does have is thriving, well-connected and, best of all, pretty damn fun. There are various opportunities to meet up with expats from all over the world in that are living in Bogotá and exchange stories, guzzle beers, reminisce about life back […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– For most of my life I’ve been a fast walker. I don’t know if it’s because I’m highly strung (I’m NOT highly strung! Why do people KEEP ON SAYING THAT?!??!?!?); yet another weird manifestation of my Lapsed Catholic Guilt; or the fact that I always succeed in leaving everything […]
My dearest C, –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Even after spending 6 years at university learning how to read and write, I’m finding it almost impossible to muster the words that might just make it over this empty sheet and find the right home in your heart, and there express exactly how the love I […]
1. How to spell the name of the country. It’s a good start! –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– 2. There is more to a country than what you find in a guide book. One of the great things about Colombia is that there are so many towns, villages and regions that tourists know so […]
21. Local knowledge is a real thing. In London it rains a lot, but barring some ridiculously dark clouds, I can’t predict when. Yet every Bogotano knows exactly when it is going to rain. If you have ever heard the oh-so-annoying expression “sol de lluvia” you will know exactly what I am talking about. Why is […]
Last Wednesday we had the enormous honour of being present at the official launch of the new international campaign: “Colombia: Realismo Mágico” (Colombia: Magical Realism), as Paul G has already recounted in the way only he can. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– In this post I’d like to share my opinion on this change of […]