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Bogotá's Popular Pigeons
Posted by Mike Ceaser- 0 CommentsMike CeaserI grew up in N. California, but also worked for several newspapers in the southeUser is currently offlineWander onto almost any Bogotá plaza and you'll be struck by the multitude of pigeons. Love 'em or hate 'em - and lots of people do hate them - you can't miss them. While some cities try to eliminate them, in Bogotá, pigeons are well-loved. You'll see people vending corn to visitors, who scatter the grains onto their arms and shoulders and pose w ...May 19 -
The Bookstores of Central Bogotá Featured
Posted by Mike Ceaser- 0 CommentsMike CeaserI grew up in N. California, but also worked for several newspapers in the southeUser is currently offlineWith the annual bookfair going on in Corferias, I decided to tour the bookstores of central Bogotá, where you don't have to pay admission, can hang out as long as you like, and can pick up hours of entertainment or a piece of immortal literature for less than the cost of a beer in La Zona Rosa. Books on Colombian history on display in the Knight ...Apr 25 -
La Recreovia, Working Out Together
Posted by Mike Ceaser- 0 CommentsMike CeaserI grew up in N. California, but also worked for several newspapers in the southeUser is currently offlineLa Recreovia is sort of La Ciclovia's little sister. During La Ciclovia, which happenings almost every Sunday and holiday, hundreds of people swing, jump and shake it up in mass aerobics classes held in the Parque Nacional and other location. La Recrovia, much less known than La Ciclovia, is another effort by the city to get people to do ...Mar 25 -
El Pasaje Rivas: 120 Years of Colombianness!
Posted by Mike Ceaser- 0 CommentsMike CeaserI grew up in N. California, but also worked for several newspapers in the southeUser is currently offlineThe Pasaje Rivas, a central Bogotá market which offers the essence of Colombianness, commemorated its 120th anniversary this week. The L-shaped pasaje connects Carrera Decima to Calle 10, and is full of souvenirs, furniture, clothing and lots more. Its vendors are proud that the pasaje pioneered the retail trade in Bogotá. Walk through t ...Mar 24 -
Green stones from Colombia, Bogotá's Emerald District
Posted by Mike Ceaser- 1 CommentMike CeaserI grew up in N. California, but also worked for several newspapers in the southeUser is currently offlineColombia is known for its coffee, but it plays a much bigger role in the world emerald market, where it produces more than half of the stones - and some of the best ones. A round emerald, known as a colchon, or pillow. If you're looking for an emerald, all you have to do is wander through the city center, where emerald ...Mar 14 -
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Loving Medellín
Posted by Peter Martin- 7 CommentsPeter MartinI've been blogging since May 2008. I started my blog before traveling to Peru asUser is currently offlineI’ve been here for less than a day. But I can already say: I love Medellín. This city is beautiful, it’s fun, many of its great attractions are free or cheap, and it’s everything Bogotá isn’t. Bogotá’s streets are a mess of pavement and mud, even in nice neighborhoods. Medellín’s are well paved, even attractive, through all the parts of the cit ...Feb 18 -
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Top 10 Reasons to Visit Cartagena in 2013
Posted by Rainbow Nelson- 0 CommentsRainbow NelsonAuthor, writer, journalist, producer and Getsemanense. Co-founder and editorialUser is currently offlineEverybody, without exception, should make it their New Year Resolution to visit Cartagena, Colombia in 2013. If it’s not already on your list of things to do before you die it should be. In case you were looking for a good reason to visit here’s This Is Cartagena’s Top 10 Reasons to Visit Cartagena in 2013. A tropical paradise with a unique arc ...Jan 14 -
Travelling in Style from Cartagena to Ushuaia
Posted by Rainbow Nelson- 0 CommentsRainbow NelsonAuthor, writer, journalist, producer and Getsemanense. Co-founder and editorialUser is currently offlineI’ve been fortunate enough to do my fair share of travelling in style on luxurious commissions for This Is Cartagena, Wallpaper* magazine and Jetsetter but the Global Rally guys starting out on a truly remarkable 7,000 mile voyage from Cartagena de Indias to Ushuaia, Argentina take it to another level completely. Cruising through Colombia in a ...Oct 13 -
Smart Colombian Architecture
Posted by Rainbow Nelson- 1 CommentRainbow NelsonAuthor, writer, journalist, producer and Getsemanense. Co-founder and editorialUser is currently offlineAs the capital C in CIVETS, the group of emerging economies singled out for stellar growth in the coming decade, Colombia has put much of its violent and painful past behind it. A new more confident country is shaping up for a brighter future reflected in ever more ambitious architecture. Travelling around Colombia over the last ten years it has b ...Jun 21 -
Medellin's Architectural Revolution
Posted by Rainbow Nelson- 1 CommentRainbow NelsonAuthor, writer, journalist, producer and Getsemanense. Co-founder and editorialUser is currently offlineThe rest of the world could learn a thing or two from the uplifting story unfolding in Colombia’s second city, Medellin. This mountain metropolis of 2.6m people perched at an altitude of 1,500 m has slowly buried a traumatic past by building a more optimistic vision of the future shaped from intelligent and socially enlightened architecture paid f ...May 01 -
Welcome to the Coolest 'Hood' in Colombia - Getsemani
Posted by Rainbow Nelson- 2 CommentsRainbow NelsonAuthor, writer, journalist, producer and Getsemanense. Co-founder and editorialUser is currently offlinePeople are finally catching on to the barrio that This Is Cartagena calls home. Here are 25 reasons why Jet-Set-Mani, Cartagena is too cool for school. 1 – Baseball and salsa by the 17th century walls. The Avenida El Pedregal turns into Shea Stadium every Sunday. 2 – Café Havana. It looks like it’s been there forever but it’s only five year ...Apr 02 -
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The Tatacoa Desert (Desierto de la Tatacoa)
Posted by Renee Van Trier- 2 CommentsRenee Van TrierRenee is an Aussie girl, who loves to travel. She was born in Sydney, AustraliaUser is currently offlineTo break up the bus trip back to Bogota from San Agustin, I made a stop into Neiva and the Tatacoa Desert for a couple of days. I visited the desert as a day trip from Neiva, the capital of the Huila district of Colombia. Starting off bright and early in the morning at the bus station in Neiva, I caught a collectivo bus to Villavieja. These buses d ...Apr 18 -
Road trip through Meta
Posted by Renee Van Trier- 3 CommentsRenee Van TrierRenee is an Aussie girl, who loves to travel. She was born in Sydney, AustraliaUser is currently offlineIt was a work trip and we were off to see some properties in the state of Meta, located in the centre of Colombia. It would be 2 days of working, followed by 2 days of holiday at a farm/ holiday home (in Spanish called a ‘finca’) close to the town of Villavicencio.Meta is a region of the plains. Long, straight, seemly unending roads with long grass ...Apr 10 -
Volunteering for ‘Un Techo para mi País – Colombia’
Posted by Renee Van Trier- 1 CommentRenee Van TrierRenee is an Aussie girl, who loves to travel. She was born in Sydney, AustraliaUser is currently offlineAn unforgettable experience I’ve had in Colombia was volunteering for 'Un Techo para mi País - Colombia', an organization that sends volunteers into the poorer areas surrounding Bogota and throughout the country to help construct emergency housing and implement social programs into these communities. We had close to 800 volunteers building 100 new ...Mar 21 -
Lost City (Ciudad Perdida) Trek
Posted by Renee Van Trier- 4 CommentsRenee Van TrierRenee is an Aussie girl, who loves to travel. She was born in Sydney, AustraliaUser is currently offlineWe’d been walking along a slightly muddy path, up and down hills for about 2 hours when it dawned on me what exactly I’d signed up for. A 6 day trek through the jungle of Colombia! I’m not a trekker, I had a terrible fitness level and had just spent the last 2 weeks partying in Bogota, what was I thinking!? But it was too late, I was ...Feb 18 -
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