cocora valley salento colombia

  –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Salento is one of Colombia’s most popular and iconic tourist destinations: you can scarcely find an article about Colombian travel that doesn’t make some reference to the iconic wax palms of the Cocora Valley, the principal reason that most people make the short hop from Armenia to Salento. But […]

chocquibtown nuqui

  –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– 2016 has been another cracking year for Colombian music, both mainstream and underground. Artists such as Shakira, Maluma, J. Balvin, Bomba Estereo and ChocQuibTown continued to dominate music charts at home and abroad, whilst exciting lesser-known Colombian talent like La Tromba Bacalao, Meridian Brothers, Los Piranas, Romperayo and Ghetto Kumbe […]

CNN Heroes 2016

  –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– A couple of months ago we posted an article urging our followers to vote online for CNN’s ‘Hero of the Year’ award, for which a Colombian man, Jeison Aristizábal from Cali, was nominated. Jeison runs a foundation in his native city named the ‘Asociación de Discapacitados del Valle’ (ASODISVALLE), or ‘The […]

10 reasons we're thankful for Colombia

  –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Thanksgiving is an especially US holiday, but it’s one that, in our rapidly consumer driven culture, is fast becoming a popular global celebration. It’s traditional on Thanksgiving to go around the table, one-by-one, and all say what you’re thankful for that year. So, in the spirit of Thanksgiving (and […]