Colombia Travel Blogs

... I hate drugs I tell them, and I don't have my passport on because I am afraid to get robbed. And of course I love Colombia, there's no thieves here. But you still need police of course, they are very important, claro, and the police are very friendly. Yes ...

A travel blog entry from Cartagena by stevefn
This is a top pick!

... a song from an elderly man passing by with his guitar.  Then proceeded a quite magical concert, serenading Taganga, Colombia and Cuba - his voice possessing that incredible, indescribable quality - one that captivates and enthrals, that just draws ...

A travel blog entry from Cartegena - Santa Marta: The Caribbean Coast by marktjhung
This is a top pick!

Shit, shit, shit, what am I doing here? What are all those soldiers up to, or are they paramilitaries or possibly guerillas? They don't look too friendly. Try to stay calm and make yourself invisible. Are they shouting at me? Where's the bloody bus, it's ...

A travel blog entry from Cali and San Cipriano by stevefn
This is a top pick!

Salento, Valle de Cocora, Filandia and Circasia.

A travel blog entry from Salento and Valle de Cocora by stevefn
This is a top pick!

... friend? - In a way the countryside is considered more dangerous than the big cities. I think this is pretty unique for Colombia. - There's football (that's proper football, not American, he he) on TV every day. - You find some of the most friendly ...

A travel blog entry from Popayán by stevefn
This is a top pick!

Roadtrip from Tayrona to San Gil via El Playon, Bucaramanga and Chicamocha Canyon.

A travel blog entry from San Gil, Barichara and Guane by stevefn
This is a top pick!

I haven't really spent much time on this trip visiting museums, but I have seen a good few churches. More than my share for sure. I have never really been a museum freak, but of course I like a good museum, only problem is that it's not often I find one ...

A travel blog entry from Ipiales by stevefn
This is a top pick!

We arrived in Medellin early morning on the night bus from Tolú. So in less than two years, I was once again back in this big city with its spectacular setting in the Aburrá Valley. Breakfast consisted of Colombian hot dogs at the bus station, and ...

A travel blog entry from Medellin by stevefn
This is a top pick!

El Playon.

A travel blog entry from El Playon by stevefn
This is a top pick!

... los Pegasos in Cartagena, Colombia. And the worst meal? Without a doubt the hamburger at El Rancho restaurant in San Agustin, Colombia. Everything was awful. The burger itself, the salad, the mouldy bread and the terrible cheese. Tomorrow I am already ...

A travel blog entry from Bogotá by stevefn
This is a top pick!

... , when we show up the next morning, we are paired with Martin from Switzerland and the entire Ortiz family, originally from Colombia and now living in NYC.  Their family includes two teenage boys, mother, father, two teenage cousins, father's cousin and family ...

A travel blog entry from Santa Marta by steve_sara
This is a top pick!

... of mud was gone, she was very thorough. We met a german couple while wollowing who are working and living in Barranquilla, Colombia. We shared a few beers them and they kindly offered us a lift back to the crossroads which we gratefully accepted, not ...

A travel blog entry from Cartagena de Indias by dospollos
This is a top pick!

... time. The place is so green and absolutely stunning. What the valley is most famous for is however its wax palms, the national tree of Colombia and also the tallest palm trees in the world, that grow as high as 60 meters. Johana and I get so excited, so we ...

A travel blog entry from Pereira, Termales de San Vicente, Salento, Valle de Cocora by stevefn
This is a top pick!

I so wish I had a video camera, so I could have shown you this place (not really, let me keep it a secret). My brother and I are celebrating Halloween at Mango's in Medellin. Mango's, a club I had heard rumors about from a few other travelers, so of ...

A travel blog entry from Medellin by stevefn
This is a top pick!

Leave Bogota next morning bit sad having not seen anything dodgy at all. We are all lalmost hoping for an incident on the way to the airport but despite our taxi drivers awful driving (and everyone elses here) we arrive unscathed. We are flying mainly ...

A travel blog entry from Bogota by emanddave
This is a top pick!

Up early yesterday to get our bus out of Bogota further north to see a bit more of the country. We head out of the city (which is also very westernised by the way the inevitable McDs and pizza hut etc but not over the top). Through lots of toll roads ...

A travel blog entry from Villa de Leiva by emanddave
This is a top pick!

Lots of Photos of the Carribean coastal areas. Tentative entry to come...dunno about that Hey all, quick sales pitch. If you think what we have done in Peru is a good thing, and are looking for an opportunity to donate some money to a good ...

A travel blog entry from Taganga by hancocjb
This is a top pick!

... de San Bernardo". Tolú is kind of touristy, with local Colombians that is. Although a few backpackers has also started to discover this part of Colombia. But we are here at the end of May, in the rainy season, so we have the town more or less to ourselves, ...

A travel blog entry from Tolú and Isla Mucura (Archipielago de San Bernardo) by stevefn
This is a top pick!

... Caribe, Venezuela - $5 a night, and it wasn't the worst room we've been in Most expensive hostel:  Cartagena, Colombia (Thanks Washington!) Funniest bar:  Barney Gomez Bar in Salta, Argentina Most interesting town:  El Congo, where all the homes are ...

A travel blog entry from Bogota by steve_sara
This is a top pick!

... of the campus and had a full day of just hanging with the local univercity kids - probably one of my favourite memories of Colombia so far - just integrated right into the scene you know? Most importantly though, these girls came with us to the FUTBÓL!!!!!! ...

A travel blog entry from Medellin/Cartegena by shawnsmith
This is a top pick!

... rather than visiting museums etc. We were quite proud of ourselves when we managed to have a conversation in Spanish about Colombia's complicated political problems and quite surprised that the people seemed to be so positive about the government and the ...

A travel blog entry from Bogotá by caznjasonescape
This is a top pick!

I talked to a Colombian girl the other day, and when I told her that I was going to Leticia, she just laughed and said they would slit my throat before I got to the arrival hall. At least, surely before the taxi stand. I didn't think more about it before ...

A travel blog entry from Leticia by stevefn
This is a top pick!

Back in Tayrona.

A travel blog entry from Tayrona National Park by stevefn
This is a top pick!

... who had lost money gambling on Colombia's exit from the World Cup. This apparently is not the only football-connected shooting in Colombia - there have been more as recently as 2003. And you thought the England team got a raw deal when they got home after ...

A travel blog entry from Cartagena de Indias by caznjasonescape
This is a top pick!

Sorry its taken a while to update this, but Ive been busy mucking about in the ocean and rediscovering Lost Cities in the jungle. Ah, its a tough life... So, Im finally a qualified open water diver! We booked ourselves onto a 3 day course on board a ...

A travel blog entry from Taganga by monkeymouse74
This is a top pick!

... a week in Bogotá jamming every day full of sight seeing, tamale eating (*Puerto False for the best tamales and handmade sweets in Colombia), getting high on the toxic pollution levels. Our first port of call had to be the world famous Museo De Oro (Gold ...

A travel blog entry from Bogota by dospollos
This is a top pick!

There are two ways to get to Mendoza from Uspallata - the easy way and the hard way. I took the hard way, to avoid the lorries and enjoy the scenery. This entailed a climb out of Uspallata, on a gravel road, to a height of 3000m. The main problem with the ...

A travel blog entry from Villavicencio by nigelball
This is a top pick!

After a few weeks of Sampling the worst of Colombias hotels (whose staff were never any less than mega friendly and helpful though) it was time to sample the best for 3 days. Decameron is a chain of resorts here that claim to be 5 star, in reality this ...

A travel blog entry from Isla Palma by caznjasonescape
This is a top pick!

... with colourful wild flowers and as we passed through little villages I noticed that most houses had gorgeous flowers hung everywhere. Colombia is so pretty compared to other poor SA countries! Just past the entrance to the park the road ended and we ...

A travel blog entry from Parque Tyrona by caznjasonescape
This is a top pick!

Somewhere in the Medellin night, after an indeterminate number of drinks, in a random, unidentified bar, a conversation much like the following took place: 'Nup.  No way'. 'Yeah.  I reckon.  You can tell the difference.' 'Aha ha.  ...

A travel blog entry from Medellin by marktjhung
This is a top pick!