Category: Bogotá Living
Sketches from the Big Bog; if you’re thinking of visiting or living in Bogotá, Colombia’s capital, these posts could be useful.
Riding Bogotá’s TransMiCable
An amazing cable car now connects some of Bogotá’s poorest communities to the city. And it’s a great day out.
February, 2019
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Cascada La Chorrera Colombia
La Chorrera: Colombia’s highest waterfall. And it’s right on Bogota´’s doorstep.
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Viva Villa de Leyva!
Villa de Leyva is colonial splendour in the lush hills of Boyacá. Best enjoyed on a 3-day excursion from Bogotá.
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Buying a car in Colombia
If you spend much time in Colombia you will want a car. Here’s how to get one (and which one to get).
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The Aerospace Museum
Colombia’s aerospace museum, close to Bogotá, is a must for plane buffs.
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1538: Bogotá’s conquest
Was the Spanish Conquistadors’ arrival on the Bogotá plain in 1538 a Good Thing or a Bad Thing? Depends who you ask.
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A church for all seasons
The opinion piece printed in the Going Local column in The Bogotá Post in 2018 Related posts: Two Funerals and No WeddingCorruption: do you feel the bite?‘It’s the (narco) economy stupìd’1538: Bogotá’s conquest One thing sure to bug me at the end of a long day’s drive over Colombia’s dodgy roads is my wife phoning her mum to announce we ‘made it safely home, gracias a Dios’. ‘Thanks to god! Did you actually see a guy with a flowing beard
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Building battles
You don’t need to go further than your own front door to find conflict in Colombia, as I discover after a stint managing the block of flats where I live..
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Not quite quakes
Bogotá has frequent tremors, but large earthquakes are rare. But just in case…
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