Valentine’s Day is a strange ‘holiday’ in Colombia…mainly ’cause it’s not, strictly speaking, a holiday here at all. Colombia celebrates its own version of the “romantic” day with ‘El día del amor y la amistad’ every September, on the third Saturday of the month. If I’m being honest, I prefer the Colombian version, love and […]
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–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– In this post, I’m going to come out with an outrageous claim. The Colombian department, Boyaca, is not the Colombian capital city, Bogota. OK OK, guys, calm down. Let me just explain a moment. I know this is a pretty crazy statement to just come out and say, but I do have […]
In the words of possibly the greatest Australian poet of all time, if you ever find yourself in “a ball of confusion, when nothing is new and there´s nothing doin´, step back in time.” And if ever happen to be lucky enough to find yourself travelling in Colombia, one of your best options if you […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– “The town that Time forgot” is a phrase that literally gets bandied about a bit in the travel-writing industry, kind of like the word, “literally.” It`s particularly difficult to avoid here in Colombia, where Old Father Time seems to have a serious case of Alzheimer`s. There are four of […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– I like to think I´m a big fan of cartoons of all persuasions because of the deep philosophical implications of their themes and the surprising manner in which they delve into the contemporary weltanschauung. It´s not because I´ve never grown up, and have nothing better to do with my […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Well, if you´ve paying any attention at all, you´ll know that I´m talking about what kind of economics? Anybody? Anybody? I mean, you´ll know that ¨puentes,¨ which is Jamaican for ¨long weekends,¨ are pretty damn boring here in Colombia. For example, if you´re in Bogotá for the one starting […]
–> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– In the words of the greatest Australian poet of all time, if you ever find yourself in ¨a ball of confusion, when nothing is new-and there´s nothing doin´, step back in time.¨ And if you´re lucky enough to find yourself in Colombia, your best option for following renowned poet-philosopher […]
Guess who´s back? Back again. Gilesy´s back. Aha-hem. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– I bet you didn´t even realise I was gone, you Gentle but also Heartless Reader! Well, I was, even if you don´t care. I´d jumped out of the Bog, headed down the highway (on the way eating the best Boyacense arepa – […]
Ah, the sweet glory of a “puente” (long weekend). In Colombia there are far more than we get back in Europe, the States or in Australia, and at certain times of the year it can feel like you’re on full-time vacation. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Luckily for those of us living in Colombia, the […]
No, it’s not something rude to do with Santa Claus. In a country where you’ll see taxi-drivers; ladies dolled up in high heels; and muscle-bound men in singlet-tops crossing themselves repetitively and fervently when they pass under the shadow of one of Colombia’s countless churches, it’s little suprise that the week leading up to Easter […]