So last week I shared my top tips about the things I wish I would have known before coming to live in Colombia. But it is nice to have some surprises, right? In fact, most of my favorite experiences in Colombia so far have come about while learning or finding out about parts of Colombian […]
Tag: Safety and Security in Colombia
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Now feeling at home here in Colombia, it´s funny to reflect back on the moment I arrived here in with little clue of what to expect. Let´s just say I was quite surprised by a whole bunch of things – new life, landscapes, the big city of Bogotá, new […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– I’m Megan Kennedy; I lived in Chile and traveled in Central and South America in my pre-kid days, when the Internet was young and so was I. I didn’t make it to Colombia until 2012, when I moved with my husband and two young boys to Medellín. I immediately fell in love […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Megan Kennedy has been living and travelling in Colombia with children for a couple of years now; like See Colombia she loves this country and is keen to help show the world how much it has changed. Here she writes about why people with children should visit Colombia. Megan… […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– When you finally get to Colombia, the easiest way to travel around by far (before you enter the magical world of The Chicken Buses) are those little lemon-yellow taxis blaring out their salsa or reggaeton that are in such rich profusion pretty much all over the country. Convenient, quick, and […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– With the steady march of gay rights over the last thirty years or so, in the world in general as much as here in Colombia – where, despite the efforts of anti-gay rights campaigners it looks like same sex marriage will be more than just a theoretical possibility before too long […]
Have you gone totes cray-cray? According to Education First´s survey of 54 countries whose official language isn´t English, Colombia comes in 50th place for the level of English spoken. So… if you’re going to Travel to Colombia, you´ve got to hablah a bit of Es-pan-ol, to even think about coming here, right? –> Colombia Dolar […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– I have now been living in Colombia long enough that my family and friends are no longer simply curious about Colombia but genuinely interested. In fact, this interest culminated in a number of members of my family coming out to spend a couple of weeks here. I spent far […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– I don’t mean to brag or anything, but jeez, we’re generous. We’ve already regaled you with what to do with your lil’un in Bogota, Medellin, and Cartagena. Quite frankly, that’s quite a lot of travel, already. But, you know what? We thought we’d go you one better, and tell […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Before I came to Colombia, I must admit that I didn’t know very much about the continent it was on. I had a vague image of a sultry, tropical land full of passionate people doing some kind of sexy dance while eating tacos in a country with a history […]