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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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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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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Getting into the Amazon
A travel article on the wisdom (or otherwise) of jumping in the Amazon.
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Not quite quakes
Bogotá has frequent tremors, but large earthquakes are rare. But just in case…
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If it can go wrong…
Colombia seems to have more than its fair share of infrastructure disasters.
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