Tag Archives: Colombia

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Colombia Portraits #4: Vicki Kellaway, Bananaskinflipflops. About Living in Colombia and in Bogota.

February 25th, 2013| Bogotá, Bogotá Culture, Cartagena, Colombia blog, Colombian Activities, Living in Colombia| 1 Comment

This is portrait number 4 in our series of Colombia Portraits and finally we managed to have a feminine point of view. Welcome to Vicki Kellaway, the bubbly author of …

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You Know What Really Grinds My Gears? A Few Annoyances About Living in Colombia

October 4th, 2012| Bogotá, Colombia blog, Colombian Culture, Colombian Food, Living in Colombia, Travel to Colombia| 6 Comments

This is a guest post from our friend Aaron Richards, who is an English teacher in Bogotá. The opinions shared are not our own, but shared in order to spark …

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5 Most Beautiful Villages in Colombia

April 6th, 2012| Colombia blog, Colombia Itinerary, Colombia Vacation, Colombian Activities, Off the Beaten Track in Colombia, Travel to Colombia| 1 Comment

“It’s like it has been plucked from time/It’s like wandering back in time/It’s almost like stepping into a time machine.” I just wanted to get those stock phrases out the …

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Summit of the Americas 2012, Cartagena

March 30th, 2012| Caribbean Coast, Cartagena, Colombia blog, Colombian Culture, Events in Colombia, Travel to Colombia| 1 Comment

The 8th Summit of the Americas will take place on Colombia’s Caribbean Coast, in the picturesque environs of Cartagena. These summits take place every few years. In the summits the …

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10 Reasons to Come to Colombia

September 7th, 2011| Travel to Colombia| 1 Comment

Lists are handy, there’s no question about it. Putting things in a nice order helps our confused little minds to process information that bit quicker, and it makes stuff stand …

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Medellín vs. Bogotá

August 16th, 2011| Bogotá, Medellín| Leave a comment

I’ve always thought that when parents say they can’t pick their favourite child that really, really if they were pushed they probably could (I’m confident it’s not me since neither …