It’s safety week at Colombia Travel Blog! Over the next 5 days we are going to be attempting to lay to rest some stereotypes about Colombian safety (or apparent lack thereof) and demonstrate why Colombia is fast becoming the must-see country for all visitors to South America. To start us off, here’s an introduction to […]
Tag: Safety and Security in Colombia
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 […]
Today’s post is written by Sara Romes, from See Colombia’s Sales Department. Thanks Sara and Happy Semana Santa to all! –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– You’re traveling to where? I think you should dye your hair. Or as I like to call it: Traveling as a blonde woman in Latin America. The comment about dying […]
People say believe half of what you see and none of what you hear. Nonetheless, it’s hard to help being confused; what you hear on the grapevine can be pretty convincing, especially if that’s all you hear. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Such is the case with Colombia. For many what they see in Hollywood […]
We at the Colombia Travel Blog were extremely excited to find this article in the NY Daily News. Running with the headline ‘Bogota, Colombia’s exciting capital, is leaving its dangerous reputation far behind’, the article outlines what we’ve been trying to communicate for a while now: –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Mention Colombia’s mountainous capital, […]
I read this article (Spanish) in El Espectador recently. While you can’t argue with the findings, it does seem strangely out of place. Colombia is a country that is making leaps and bounds into a brighter future. No-one here would go as far to claim that Colombia has put all its troubles in the past, but the […]
Colombians that venture abroad in search of fortune and fame are often viewed in a mixed light back in their home country – not for their ambition, but because they might sell short some of their identity in order to appease their potential audiences. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Not so with Barranquilla-born Sofia Vergara, […]
If you’re a frequent reader of the Colombia Travel Blog you’ll have seen our series highlighting the crimes of Hollywood against Colombia. We’ve looked at the comical (Romancing the Stone), the absurd (Mr. & Mrs. Smith), and the meta-fictional (Entourage). Today we’re looking at the latest edition in the canon of misrepresentation: Colombiana. –> Colombia […]
You know what I like about Colombians? The fact that they all speak with strong Mexican accents and look Mexican too. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Oh no wait, no they don’t do they? That’s Mexican people. How silly of me to mistake them. The thing is, I’ve just been watching the entertaining capers of […]
Colombia’s reputation is something we’ve written about before and something we take seriously. There is, however, a time to sit back and enjoy some of the ludicrousness that this infamous misappropriation offers, and what better multi-million dollar institution to laugh at than Hollywood. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Hollywood is guilty of some of the […]