Colombia

  • Colombia / City Guides

    Cartagena: where Colombia and the Caribbean collide

    Cartagena is a throwback to a magical age of romance and mystery. During a month long affair, this Candela traveller fell irrevocably for the stunning beauty and sultry Latin charms of this jewel of Colombia’s Caribbean coastline.

  • Colombia / First person

    Cartagena: where Colombia and the Caribbean collide

    Cartagena is a throwback to a magical age of romance and mystery. During a month long affair, this Candela traveller fell irrevocably for the stunning beauty and sultry Latin charms of this jewel of Colombia’s Caribbean coastline.

  • Colombia / Postcards from...

    POSTCARD FROM MEDELLIN No.2...'The Medellin Metaleros'

    Today I took the Medellin Metro. Not so much as a crumpled chewing gum wrapper, let alone graffiti, and everyone is so polite. I’m not talking about normal politeness, but the kind of Wimbledon-ball-boy-talking-to Princess Michael smile, hands-behind-back politeness. People use the formal “usted” instead of “tú” even between husband and wife, and in restaurants waiters show embarrassing servitude. Then, I’ll step into the street and “Gringa slut” will shoot out from some car...

  • Colombia / Postcards from...

    Postcard from MEDELLIN....or 'Flirting with the Narcos'

    The first of our series of city scenes, our 'postcards from...' take snapshots from different Latin American cities, painting a picture of the continent's urban landscape like you've never seen. This one is from Medellin, the capital of Antioquia, the mountainous region that Colombians often refer to as the Swizterland of Colombia. They call Medellin the City of Eternal Spring. All year the sun shines, cooled by a light breeze that gently rocks the flower pots hanging from street lamps like a summer fete in the Cotswolds, only nothing could be further away

  • Colombia

    POSTCARD FROM MEDELLIN

    The first of our series of city scenes, our 'postcards from...' take snapshots from different Latin American cities, painting a picture of the continent's urban landscape like you've never seen. This one is from Medellin, the capital of Antioquia, the mountainous region that Colombians often refer to as the Swizterland of Colombia. They call Medellin the City of Eternal Spring. All year the sun shines, cooled by a light breeze that gently rocks the flower pots hanging from street lamps like a summer fete in the Cotswolds, only nothing could be further away

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