Road trips, driving and cars in Colombia, with maps and practical advice on how to get to some of the most amazing corners of this large varied country.

Armero on my mind

A town buried in volcanic mud in 1985 with 23,000 dead – mostly still lying underfoot – is a strange attraction, with or without ghosts.

January, 2019

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On the road in Colombia

Colombia is a big country where major cities are one to two day’s drive apart, there are three mountain chains and a lot of jungle to deal with, and plenty of other natural (and man-made) obstacles along the way. The country has justification to blame its poor transport development on its unforgiving geography. The severe La Niña floods that ravaged the country in 2011, for example, took out hundreds of bridges and long sections of main roads.  In recent years Colombia has

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The Untouchables

Having my car checked for its yearly ‘technical revision’ revealed some realities to how things work in Bogotá… This story first appeared in The Bogotá Post in 2016.for related posts see:– Make Driving Fun in Bogotá– Corruption: do you feel the bite? My car is due its revision tecnica, the yearly mechanical check to make sure it is fit for the road. A friend visiting Colombia for the first time is surprised to hear of this legal requirement. ´You mean

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