Destination: Colombia

The Magic of Minca

Thu, 28 May 2015 | By nicholagray | Views [575] | Comments [2] | Scholarship Entry

I stumbled through the jungle of Colombia to find a tiny hostel 1200m high above the Carribbean Sea, amongst the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta above a town called Minca. Where you watch sunsets that sink into a horizon so high the ocean doesn't seem real, ... Read more >

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Monserrate

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By camilareyes | Views [290] | Scholarship Entry

Long time ago, I was wondering if visit a mystery place in Bogotá (Colombia). The history I here was that, if you go with your couple (girlfriend, boyfriend or lover) probably the relation will end. I was so excited to prove this legend, because has ... Read more >

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Photos: Colombia

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By rubykite | Photo Gallery

A coffee adventure abroad: how I met Don Rigo, Col

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By 1001people | Views [192] | Scholarship Entry

The minute I saw a tiny man, wearing jeans and an Hugo Boss's tee, giving money away in a square full of poor (some even drunk after too many Aguardiente shots), I've came to a conclusion: that could only be Don Rigo. My eyes started to shine too much, ... Read more >

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The Very Essence

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By rubykite | Views [613] | Scholarship Entry

Cartagena, Colombia. What a place. The creatures here defied imagination. Toucans; their beaks becoming them, tiny red birds with wondrously bright feathers, Monkeys parading through branches like acrobats at a circus. This was, after all, their show;... Read more >

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Photos: TotallyTandem

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By donttakethetourbus | Photo Gallery

Fresh Fruit Juices of Cartagena

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By marty | Views [241] | Scholarship Entry

The kitchen lady, who is wearing a light blue dress with a white apron and head wrap and must be in her early 70s, plunks two glasses of green liquid on the table in front of us. “Jugo de tomatillo verde” she announces. This has been happening every ... Read more >

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Promised Land

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By lilyrose | Views [128] | Scholarship Entry

The wind was howling, waves were crashing furiously all around me and horizontal sheets of rain were falling with mammoth ferocity, as I lay on the bow of the boat being thrown from port to starboard like a rather sunburnt rag doll. No, this is not the ... Read more >

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Medellin's A Team

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By wanderingfeline | Views [171] | Scholarship Entry

I’d seen Colombian passion for the beautiful game on TV during the world cup in Brazil and couldn’t miss seeing it with my own eyes. That morning, a red river of people flowed through the heart of Medellin. Deportivo Independiente Medellín (DIM) were ... Read more >

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Aquitania

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By kamkam | Views [223] | Scholarship Entry

I have always been drawn to small towns. It was one of the many three-day weekends in Colombia and we were off to the department of Boyacá. I had been living in Bogotá D.C. for a few months and was thrilled to get away from the hustle and bustle of the ... Read more >

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San Bolivar's Enchanted Garden

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By maryannehafen | Views [237] | Scholarship Entry

Lights twinkled invitingly and our weary eyes were dazzled by the modern nightlife teeming from the aged colonial architecutre of the Old Towne. We were underdressed in our worn traveller's clothing; starstruck, as it were. As we aimlessly wandered the ... Read more >

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cyclepath

Mon, 25 May 2015 | By aleceballos | Views [226] | Scholarship Entry

I´ve been living in Medellín, Colombia, for five months, but I still feel like I a tourist. I have spent as much time as I can, roaming through the city. However, I still get surprised with all the things it has to offer. I´ve been to museums, restaurants, ... Read more >

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TOURISME D AVENTURE

Thu, 21 May 2015 | By miradas | Views [153] | Scholarship Entry

Visitar Colombia es toda una aventura, los paisajes van desde el desierto caluroso e inhóspito hasta las nieves eternas, pasando por todo tipo de climas, montañas, cuevas, ríos,

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Love in the Time of Cholera

Thu, 21 May 2015 | By serranof | Views [203] | Scholarship Entry

The year is 1533. The infinite sheet of blue which enveloped the line of 10 ships slowly diminishes as the 5,000 mile journey came to an end. In the distance, the recently founded city of Cartagena slowly emerges. The colonization of the Americas is in ... Read more >

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8300 feet higher

Thu, 21 May 2015 | By thehidingspot | Views [170] | Scholarship Entry

"Watch out with the guerrillas and cocaine!".10 hours after that mother's advice, I arrived to Aeropuerto El Dorado in Bogotá and starred at the sky: "Where is the sun?" While looking the way out,I found this great line with yellow tiny taxis and some ... Read more >

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