Destination: Colombia

Photos: Home sweet home

Tue, 3 Jul 2012 | By noflyzone | Photo Gallery

A place to lay our heads

Tue, 3 Jul 2012 | By noflyzone | Views [838] | Comments [1]

I should begin by saying that we rarely do things the easy way. On day two of flat hunting, we did find a lovely furnished two bedroom appartment with a landlady who did not need us to have a guarantor. Flat hunting in Colombia has been an experience.... Read more >

Tags: flats

Colombia's Caribbean Coast

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 | By beckandphil | Views [981]

Cartagena Cartagena is a walled city on the Caribbean Coast. It was an important port for the Spanish when they ruled South America. Consequently it was often attacked. Following Francis Drake's successful attack on the city, Spain began building ... Read more >

Photos: Caribbean Coast of Colombia

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 | By beckandphil | Photo Gallery

A special(s) update...

Tue, 22 May 2012 | By noflyzone | Views [640]

The streets are empty. Hardly a single business has shutters up. We're too high for tumbleweed, but if we weren't, it would surely be blowing down the road. Yet today is a day when few work and most have free time. This is hardly ... Read more >

Cali G

Sun, 20 May 2012 | By noflyzone | Views [1003]

After a lot of rushing around looking at apartments and going to job interviews, we thought we deserved a break and headed off to Cali in the south for a bit of sun and relaxation. Cali isn't very far as the condor flies and since condors ... Read more >

Tags: cali, drunks, howler monkeys, jacuzzis, mosquitos, pool, scots, walking, yotoco, zoo

Photos: Cali for you now

Thu, 17 May 2012 | By noflyzone | Photo Gallery

Photos: Bogota I

Fri, 4 May 2012 | By noflyzone | Photo Gallery

First impressions

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 | By noflyzone | Views [913]

Telling folk back home we were heading out on an adventure to Colombia brought two usual responses: a) "you'll get kidnapped" or b) "you'll get murdered".  Well, surprise surprise, IT'S NOT A WAR ZONE.  It's a perfectly civilised ... Read more >

Tags: andes, bogota, candelaria, old town

Photos: Villa de Leyva

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 | By mixedmediabook | Photo Gallery

My Scholarship entry - A local encounter that changed my life

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 | By mixedmediabook | Views [604] | Scholarship Entry

A foolish question in the middle of the night disturbed my reading in one of the biggest plazas in South America. I suddenly heard: Miss, do you know when Villa de Leyva was founded?   I had arrived in town that morning from Bogota and ... Read more >

Tags: travel writing scholarship 2012

The Final Week

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 | By agrant | Views [414]

Hello all again! The trek from Quito to Bogota proved to be a long but enjoyable one with several highlights. I didn't find Quito all that inspiring but spent a rainy day there getting affairs in order before my departure. I headed up to the 'Mitad ... Read more >

My Scholarship entry - Understanding a Culture through Food

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 | By anbla | Views [804] | Scholarship Entry

At my return from Brazil, my friends expected me to talk about samba and soccer but what I talked about the most was food. I was still feeling Brazil’s cultural taste in my mouth and wanted nothing more than ... Read more >

Tags: travel writing scholarship 2012

Farewell Colombia...

Tue, 3 Apr 2012 | By jenc_13 | Views [678]

Arriving in Santa Marta to hot, tropical sunshine was a welcome relief after a freezing 15 hours on a bus. There´s not a lot to find charming about Santa Marta, but the main reason I´d ventured back up to the Colombian coast was for the Betfair sponsored ... Read more >

San Gil and the big pig....

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 | By jenc_13 | Views [1026]

After leaving Villa de Leyva behind, the next stop on the list was San Gil, adventure sports capital of Colombia, and supposedly about a 4 hour bus ride after connecting in Tunja. Now I know I´ve made my fair share of complaints/comments about some ... Read more >