@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] It’s not exactly a case of hit-and-miss for me when it comes to visiting random Colombian pueblos. When an escape from Bogotá’s badness and madness is needed, pretty much any town will suffice. It is the getting away that matters more so; the destination […]
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] On occasions, according to some mental health experts, it can be good to just do nothing. Or the very bare minimum in any case. Indeed, the deft Dutch have a term for it: niksen, which literally means ‘to...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] I do sometimes feel a bit torn after getaways to Colombian pueblos — pueblo pick-me-ups as I like to call them — due to my desire or at least perceived need to blog about them. It’s because, as...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] I’ve generally been reluctant to leave Bogotá during Colombia’s tourism high season or at long weekends. So the first holiday Monday of the year is a negative on both fronts. However, feeling...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] Well, it may have taken 19 months, but I finally managed to swap the Bogotá beat for some pastoral peace, of sorts. (I’m discounting, due to their brevity, this year’s day escapes on foot to Cota and La Calera as well as a bike […]
¡Mochilero! Si Mompox se encuentra en su lista de próximos destinos a visitar, le tengo la mejor opción de hospedaje para que se relaje como nunca. Tuve la oportunidad de hospedarme en La Gloria Hotel, un lugar de ensueño con todo lo necesario para que su estadía sea...
@wwaycorrigan When it comes to quaint colonial towns and villages, Colombia has a plethora to offer. Indeed, you could pretty much spend your whole life going from one to another, exploring the idiosyncrasies of each. Some say that there’s not a big difference between them. Once you’ve seen the ‘big’ ones — big as regards […]
Mochilero, cada rincón de Colombia esconde algo especial: desde gente increíble, paisajes únicos y naturaleza salvaje hasta pueblos mágicos. Es por eso que me he puesto en la tarea de seleccionar para usted los que, a mi juicio, han sido los pueblos más bonitos que he...
Mochilero, ¿buscando un plan para aventurarse el fin de semana? Esta vez le traigo Villa de Leyva, un pueblo mágico a tan solo 3 horas de Bogotá. Famoso por su Festival de luces y Cometas, es un destino en el que tendrá de todo: espacios para relajarse, paisajes de ensueño...
Por: Daniela Camargo Camacho Debido al desarrollo que se ha venido presentando en varios países de Latinoamérica como consecuencia de modelos económicos neoliberales, diversas multinacionales se han asentado en los países para extraer materias primas y exportarlas, lo que ha...
