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Why I love Colombian supermarkets Featured
Posted by Eva Laura Siegel- 0 CommentsEva Laura SiegelI´m a 27-year-old public health researcher in the area of HIV/STIs originally frUser is currently offlineOur very first day in South America, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, my sister and I made a grocery list and walked to the market down the street, only to find that the first 3 items on our list—peanut butter, oatmeal and plain yogurt—were nowhere to be found. Instead they had an entire aisle devoted to dulce de leche and about a thousand varieties of ...May 03 -
Santa Marta Eats + Arepa de Huevo Featured
Posted by Eva Laura Siegel- 0 CommentsEva Laura SiegelI´m a 27-year-old public health researcher in the area of HIV/STIs originally frUser is currently offlineThough I thoroughly enjoyed Santa Marta’s beaches and historical sights, let’s not pretend that one of my favorite things about my trip to Santa Marta wasn’t the eating part. Food is way up there on my list of reasons to travel, and Santa Marta has lots of great things both to eat and drink. Fresh juice stands are all over the place, off ...Mar 24 -
Taironaka
Posted by Eva Laura Siegel- 0 CommentsEva Laura SiegelI´m a 27-year-old public health researcher in the area of HIV/STIs originally frUser is currently offlineTayrona Park in Santa Marta derives its name from the indigenous people, the Taironas, who have lived in its mountains for centuries. I don’t need to tell you what the Spanish conquest did to their population, I’m sure you know how that same old awful story goes, but many of their descendants continue to live in the region. Ciudad Perdid ...Mar 15 -
Santa Marta City
Posted by Eva Laura Siegel- 0 CommentsEva Laura SiegelI´m a 27-year-old public health researcher in the area of HIV/STIs originally frUser is currently offlineYou might think that after my time in Tayrona it’d be a bit of a downer to go back to the city, but frankly, though I loved the park I wasn’t at all disappointed because Santa Marta is a pretty charming place to “have” to come back to. Founded in 1525, Santa Marta is the oldest city in Colombia, and much of the colonial archite ...Feb 25 -
El Parque de Tayrona
Posted by Eva Laura Siegel- 2 CommentsEva Laura SiegelI´m a 27-year-old public health researcher in the area of HIV/STIs originally frUser is currently offlineSome destinations loom large in the collective imagination. Leading up to my trip to El Parque de Tayrona, everyone who I mentioned it to had the same reaction: It’s gorgeous, it’s amazing, can we come too? I admit to going into it rather blindly, excited by everybody else’s excitement, but other than that pretty clueless as to what exactly made Ta ...Feb 15 -
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500 Reasons we love Colombia
Posted by José Luis Pastor & Marcela Mariscal- 0 CommentsJosé Luis Pastor & Marcela MariscalMarcela was born in Bogota and started travelling through the country along withUser is currently offlineWe recently reached a huge landmark in our See Colombia Travel Blog , with our 500th post so we thought we should share it with all of you our Official Colombia Travel Bloggers' readers, here's probably the longest post you've ver seen :) This took a lot of time, so we hope you enjoy it. The truth is, there are hundreds more reasons to come and ...Feb 12 -
First Impressions: Bogotá According to a Newcomer
Posted by José Luis Pastor & Marcela Mariscal- 0 CommentsJosé Luis Pastor & Marcela MariscalMarcela was born in Bogota and started travelling through the country along withUser is currently offlineWe all know that Colombia is making huge strides forward, and today those of us here enjoy one of the most diverse, culturally rich countries in the world. For many, however, all they've ever seen is negative news coming out of the country (no matter how much positive press is being written right now). It has always interested me just what these pe ...Aug 30 -
Juan Valdez: As Colombian as it gets
Posted by José Luis Pastor & Marcela Mariscal- 0 CommentsJosé Luis Pastor & Marcela MariscalMarcela was born in Bogota and started travelling through the country along withUser is currently offlineI was staying with a couple of Colombians and a friend of mine came to visit us from Scotland. Keen to know everything about Colombian culture, she sat listening intently as our hosts unloaded hours of information about the country’s history of the country, and how things are now. Having explored what I thought was every corner possible, my friend ...Aug 14 -
My fantastic Colombia travel BlogTrip to La Guajira
Posted by José Luis Pastor & Marcela Mariscal- 0 CommentsJosé Luis Pastor & Marcela MariscalMarcela was born in Bogota and started travelling through the country along withUser is currently offlineVery occassionally a trip comes along that reminds you why you fell in love with travel in the first place: the sense of adventure, the overwhelming feel of amazement with the world and the excitement of encountering new cultures you didn't know existed. I was recently given the incredible opportunity to visit La Guajira by the C ...Aug 14 -
A Brief Introduction to Colombian Music
Posted by José Luis Pastor & Marcela Mariscal- 1 CommentJosé Luis Pastor & Marcela MariscalMarcela was born in Bogota and started travelling through the country along withUser is currently offlineMusic is central to the Colombian experience. It’s in the blood of every person from here, and you won’t be able to escape hearing the blaring beats of reggaeton or the swinging sound of salsa as you wander the Streets, take a bus or even a taxi. So with that in mind, we thought we should give you a quick introduction to the different sounds you’r ...Jul 09 -
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¡Quien lo Vive es Quien lo Goza!
Posted by Kelsi Mills- 0 CommentsKelsi MillsKelsi Mills is currently living and working in Cali, Colombia. She moved to ColoUser is currently offlineBarranquilla's carnival slogan, quien lo viven es quien lo goza, translates to who lives it, is who enjoys it. After missing the past two Carnivals while in Colombia, I was finally able to attend one this year and found out for myself that the slogan holds true. Barranquilla's Carnival is one of the more well-known and famous ...May 09 -
Parque Tayrona
Posted by Kelsi Mills- 0 CommentsKelsi MillsKelsi Mills is currently living and working in Cali, Colombia. She moved to ColoUser is currently offlineOn the Caribbean coast, near the town of Santa Marta, where the sea meets jungle, is one gorgeous stretch of coastline. There, in Tayrona National Park, you can find one beautiful beach after another and is a place that anyone traveling to Colombia should make an effort to visit. It took me three years to finally make it here, but I a ...Apr 21 -
Ciudad Perdida
Posted by Kelsi Mills- 0 CommentsKelsi MillsKelsi Mills is currently living and working in Cali, Colombia. She moved to ColoUser is currently offlineLa Ciudad Perdida is a five-day hike in the Colombian jungle. A few summers ago, three friends were coming to visit me and I convinced them that this trek was something we needed to do together. They went for it and so, in addition to visiting Cartagena and Taganga, I made arrangements for us to trek to the "The Lost City" in the Sierra Nevadas ...Mar 31 -
Caño Cristales
Posted by Kelsi Mills- 8 CommentsKelsi MillsKelsi Mills is currently living and working in Cali, Colombia. She moved to ColoUser is currently offlineWhen I first arrived in Colombia, I heard about a river that was supposed to be breathtakingly beautiful. I also heard that it was incredible hard to get to. So, I forgot about it. But then, last fall, some coworkers and I decided to go. Now, for most of the year, Caño Cristales, is just a normal river, but from June to November, between the wet a ...Mar 20 -
The Pacific Coast
Posted by Kelsi Mills- 2 CommentsKelsi MillsKelsi Mills is currently living and working in Cali, Colombia. She moved to ColoUser is currently offlineI love living in Cali. It’s a fun city, but it’s known for it’s nightlife, not it’s wildlife, and it is missing one of my favorite things: the ocean. Which is why, of all the places close to Cali that I have visited, the Pacific Coast of Colombia is my favorite. The first time I went, I was completely taken in by how different the coast was from Ca ...Feb 16 -
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The Best Beaches in Colombia
Posted by Kristin Radermacher- 2 CommentsKristin RadermacherOriginally from Minnesota, I moved to Colombia in August 2009, three months afteUser is currently offlineBordered by the Pacific Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Amazon River, and full of countless other rivers, lakes and streams, Colombia has no shortage of places to get your feet wet. Mostly I love a good adventure vacation where I can raft down a river, swim in the Amazon, kayak on the Pacific Ocean or go caving. However, every once in awhile you just nee ...May 10 -
Adventures By Day & Treehouse Sleeping By Night at Rio Claro Nature Reserve
Posted by Kristin Radermacher- 1 CommentKristin RadermacherOriginally from Minnesota, I moved to Colombia in August 2009, three months afteUser is currently offlineIf you were anything like me growing up then you watched the movie Swiss Family Robinson one too many times for the main reason of seeing the awesome treehouse they built for themselves! As a little girl, the idea of sleeping under a roof, but still very much outdoors and surrounded by nature seemed absolutely magical. At Rio C ...Apr 21 -
La Tierra de Aventura: San Gil & Barichara
Posted by Kristin Radermacher- 0 CommentsKristin RadermacherOriginally from Minnesota, I moved to Colombia in August 2009, three months afteUser is currently offlineNicknamed "La Tierra de Aventura" or The Land of Adventure, the Santander region of Colombia lives up to its name. Located in the middle of the country, about six hours north of Bogota, this part of Colombia is known for its scenery - complete with deep canyons, raging rivers and majestic mountains. San Gil San Gil is a ...Apr 15 -
Make the Most of a Weekend in Salento
Posted by Kristin Radermacher- 3 CommentsKristin RadermacherOriginally from Minnesota, I moved to Colombia in August 2009, three months afteUser is currently offlineRight in the heart of Colombia’s Eje Cafetero (Coffee Axel) there is a highway, which runs between the cities of Pereira and Armenia. Each lovely in their own right, the real gem of this region comes when you deviate from this road and dip down into the pleasant mountain town of Salento. As your bus turns off the main road the fresh smells of the ...Mar 22 -
Finding Good Coffee in Colombia
Posted by Kristin Radermacher- 5 CommentsKristin RadermacherOriginally from Minnesota, I moved to Colombia in August 2009, three months afteUser is currently offlineI don’t drink a cup of coffee every single morning. Unlike many, I do not rely on that first 8 (or more) ounces to get my day started. However, there are few smells, tastes and traditions I enjoy more than chatting over a good cup of coffee. In anticipation of my move to Colombia in the summer of 2009, I spent time daydreaming about& ...Feb 16 -
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