Colombia Articles

Renting in Colombia

This Gringa isn't Pura

Andres Carne de Res

Cosmetic Surgery in Colombia

Carnaval de Baranquilla

40th Vallenato Festival

Colombia's Calling

Zipaquirá

The dark passages beneath the mountain had been traditionally associated in the Christian culture with hell ...

Parque Nacional del Café

If Juan Valdez, the image of Colombian coffee through the world, had a farm, it would probably be on the gro...

Gay Bogotá

Whether you are gay or not, Bogotá is a wonderful city. But it is especially welcoming to gay and lesbian...

Medellín

Flying to Medellín without my passport didn’t seem wise, but we were already at the Bogotá airport and d...

El Museo del Oro, Bogotá

Legend tells that when the Muiscas, the native culture of what is today Bogotá, Colombia, had to crown a ne...

Cartagena

Cartagena has always attracted visitors. In its early years, most of the visitors were unwelcome. The freque...

Playa Blanca

After weeks of hard trekking and a few late nights in the old colonial city of Cartagena, I was looking to p...

La Ciudad Perdida Ruins

We were in the middle of the Colombian jungle, being drenched by the typical afternoon downpour, when our gu...

Villa de Leyva

Villa de Leyva (also spelled Leiva) is a magical, colonial town 100 miles northeast of Colombia’s capital,...

Santa Marta

Jumbled boulders beneath an opalescent sunset. Jade-green waves. Screeching parrots. Banana ships entering t...