Something is happening in Colombia. Over the past few years the stigma surrounding the country is starting to fade. People are realizing that Colombia is not a dangerous drug ha[...]
Archive for the ‘Colombia’ Category
May 8th, 2012 - 9:52 am § in Colombia
We are Official Colombia Travel Bloggers!
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Colombia’s Not So Secret Service
The big joke right now is the incident involving US Secret Service agents who invited two dozen hookers to their hotel in Cartagena while waiting for President Obama to arrive for the Summit of the Americas conference. This is an embarrassment for the Americans, but not exactly great publicity for C[...]
April 7th, 2012 - 5:17 pm § in Colombia
When a Puente is not a Bridge
You will constantly hear about bridges (puentes) when you are in Colombia and you might wonder why Colombians plan everything around them and look forward to arriving at one.[...]
Photos: Where You Went
Our jet-setting friends on Facebook never fail to impress us with their far-flung escapades. Here's a taste of the places you and your fellow gallivanters have visited lately. If you haven't found National Geographic Traveler magazine on Facebook yet, please join us. Be sure to let us know where you[...]
February 12th, 2012 - 10:12 am § in Colombia
Is the Only Risk Wanting to Stay?
That “Official Blogger” badge you see in the upper right corner of each page of this blog means that I am now a participating foreign blogger for the Colombian government’s tourism agency, ProExport. You know, the people behind those “The only risk is wanting to stay”[...]
January 28th, 2012 - 10:20 am § in Colombia
My New Year’s Inflation
In Colombia, the taxi you took to the New Year’s party will probably cost you more when you leave the celebration in the wee hours of the next morning, despite the distance being exactly the same. It is not a case of a taxi driver taking advantage of inebriated patrons, but rather just a bit [[...]
January 2nd, 2012 - 4:21 pm § in Colombia
Lodging in Colombia can be Pricey…Get Hostel!
I frankly do not understand why major hotels in Colombia are so pricey, rooms often costing over 200 dollars per night, but fortunately there is an abundance of hostels in all the right places, where you can stay for as little as ten or twenty dollars a night. While you cannot expect anything remote[...]
December 25th, 2011 - 4:55 pm § in Colombia
The Month of Decibel in Colombia
I have been away from Medellin since November, due to return in January. While I miss my wife and child, I’m not sure if I miss this time of the year in Colombia, which is sheer mayhem! It starts November 30th, when the skies over the entire Aburra valley erupts into a scene from Bagdad [...][...]
December 15th, 2011 - 9:37 pm § in Colombia
Will Tomorrow be Summer or Winter?
If you hear a Colombian talking about “verano” and “invierno”, summer and winter, he or she is not referring to seasons, but rather weather. If it is raining, it is winter, while if it is sunny, it is summer. Thus yesterday could have been summer and today is winter. Truth be[...]