tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206467304923588497Tue, 03 Mar 2026 08:24:29 +0000colombia travel blogcolombia travelcolombia toursbogotacolombia destinationsBomba Estereobogota travelcolombia costumescolombia partycolombia tripscolombia musicSafety in colombiamedellin colombianoche de las velitasundiscovered colombiaColombia highlightsEpopeya ColombiaMarcelo ArbelaezMedellinbogota tourcali colombiacali tourscali travelcartagena tourscartagena travelchristmascolombiacolombia culturecolombia gastronomycolombia landscapecolombia safetycolombia top listcolombian destinationsfestival iberoamericano de teatrois it safe to travel to colombia?latin america travelmedellin toursmedellin travelsalsa colombiasalsa lessonssalsa musictravel blogtravel to medellintrekking colombiaBarranquillaColombia travel bloggerElectro CumbiaEverestMantarayaNelson CardonaNelson cardona everestPablo EscobarPolutionRio BogotaRio UrbanoSanta Martaandres carne de resanthony bourdain in colombiabarranquilla carnivalbogota toursbomba estereo colombiabomba estereo tourcali accommodationcarnaval de barranquillachristmas in Colombiaclimbingcolombia andescolombia archaeologycolombia destination expertcolombia ecologycolombia electro bandcolombia everestcolombia marriagecolombia mispellingscolombia or columbia?colombia photoscolombia travel . tierra Calientecolombia weddingcolombian foodcolumbia southamericacolumbia vacationscycling colombiadriving in colombiaecotourismecotourism colombiaepopeya everest colombiaepopeya everest sin limitesferia de califeria de las floresgetting married in colombiahow to get married in colombiais colombia safe?kumukamachu picchumost polluted Rivermountain bike colombianelson cardona colombiaoff the beaten track colombiaofficial travel bloggerpanamerican highwaypaperwok for colombian weddingparty bogotaprecolumbian San Agustin culturerumba colombiasalsa calisan agustin archaeological parksan agustin colombiashakirashakira colombiasouth americatatacoa deserttayronatequendama Faqllstequendama fallstheatertrip advisortrip advisor Colombiatripadvisor destination expertvilla de leyvawedding colombiaMy Colombia Travel Blog is here to tell the world that Colombia is now ready to be rediscovered as the amazing travel destination it is. After living in the UK for a decade I wanted to be part of the current renaissance of my country.Colombia is now safe to visit, unknown to foreign tourists and waiting to blossom as a major touristic destination in Latin America.http://colombia-travel-marcela.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Marcela - Colombia Travel)Blogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206467304923588497.post-4793791493972845441Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:21:00 +00002013-01-25T07:25:32.818-08:00colombia travel blogIt's been almost 3 years since I started this blog which evolved to an amazing collaborative Colombia Travel Blog by a wonderful team of expats in Colombia , we have just launched our latest version , remember to follow us here: Colombia Travel Blog  Abrazos. Marce http://colombia-travel-marcela.blogspot.com/2013/01/introducing-our-new-colombia-travel-blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marcela - Colombia Travel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206467304923588497.post-7952819038286561089Tue, 24 Jul 2012 01:38:00 +00002012-07-23T18:42:30.662-07:00Hi all , today our dear editor Paul Fowler was featured on Caracol Noticias, one of the most watched shows in Colombia, and here he is: Make sure to check the footage and our daily enntries at our: Ckick Here -->  Colombia Travel Blog Abrazos, Marcelahttp://colombia-travel-marcela.blogspot.com/2012/07/our-colombia-travel-blog-features-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marcela - Colombia Travel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206467304923588497.post-6602198695009135096Tue, 08 May 2012 15:52:00 +00002012-05-08T09:08:38.070-07:00colombia travel blogColombia travel bloggerofficial travel bloggerHi all, This is just a quick reminder to all of you that we have moved  our blog here ---> Colombia Travel Blog and that there are very exciting things happening at the See Colombia Travel headquarters in Bogota, one of them is that last March we've been selected as Official Colombia Travel bloggers. You can see our Colombia.Travel entries here: See Colombia's Official Colombiahttp://colombia-travel-marcela.blogspot.com/2012/05/hi-all-this-is-just-quick-reminder-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marcela - Colombia Travel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206467304923588497.post-4157010219467552163Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:45:00 +00002011-11-21T16:26:04.052-08:00Hello all, We are very excited to announce that we  have definitely moved our Colombia Travel blog here: Colombia Travel Blog <--click here:) There you'll find our new, bigger and better collaborative Colombia Travel Blog by the See Colombia Team, a multicultural bunch of lovers of Colombia . Please make sure to "like" it here http://www.facebook.com/http://colombia-travel-marcela.blogspot.com/2011/07/we-have-moved.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marcela - Colombia Travel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206467304923588497.post-5554467328785268196Sun, 24 Apr 2011 15:58:00 +00002011-04-24T08:58:32.870-07:00Hello all, When I started this Colombia Travel Blog a little more than a year ago my intention was to reach as many people as possible to tell them about the beauty of my homeland and to encourage them to come visit us, during that process I met a lot of Colombia lovers both from Colombia and abroad ( travelers and expats) that had that same aim. Some time ago I met Paul and Ryan http://colombia-travel-marcela.blogspot.com/2011/04/colombia-travel-blog-gang-grows_24.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marcela - Colombia Travel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206467304923588497.post-9152504743730020759Sat, 09 Apr 2011 00:10:00 +00002011-04-08T17:10:28.249-07:00colombia ecologycolombia travel blogmost polluted RiverPolutionRio BogotaRio Urbanotequendama FaqllsHello all, This is a folow up post to the introduction to the Teqauendama Falls post I did a while ago, unfortunately this is not about the outstanding scenery of the falls  but about the extremely poluted Rio Bogota that affects not only what should be one of Colombia's touristic spotlights, but also - and more importantly -  represents a serious health hazard to the unprivileged http://colombia-travel-marcela.blogspot.com/2011/04/rio-bogota-bogota-river-second-most.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marcela - Colombia Travel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206467304923588497.post-4335568795454538455Wed, 23 Mar 2011 10:23:00 +00002011-03-23T03:23:26.133-07:00colombia mispellingscolombia or columbia?colombia travel blogcolumbia southamericacolumbia vacationsHello all, Ryan Wallace from the Colombia Travel and Living blog is an English expat in Colombia that is falling in love with our country one post at the time... he was kind enough to let me reproduce his entry about " ColOmbia or ColUmbia" , a common mistake made by english speaking people, especially in North America...every time I hear it I try to correct it, but there's just too many http://colombia-travel-marcela.blogspot.com/2011/03/colombia-is-not-columbia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marcela - Colombia Travel)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206467304923588497.post-4217296680589341776Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:00:00 +00002011-03-23T03:14:42.910-07:00anthony bourdain in colombiacartagena tourscartagena travelcolombia gastronomycolombia travel blogcolombian foodHi all!  I just came back from a wonderful trip around Colombia so I've got tons of material both for my Colombia Travel Blog as well as for my ongoing Colombia Project! For now I want to leave you with a 3 part video of Anthony Bourdain's show "No reservations"  from a couple of years back... what I love about this episode is the fact that Bourdain not only discovers the vast and richhttp://colombia-travel-marcela.blogspot.com/2011/03/anthony-bourdain-in-colombia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marcela - Colombia Travel)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206467304923588497.post-4221770950235765236Sat, 29 Jan 2011 16:12:00 +00002011-02-01T07:01:04.158-08:00bogotabogota tourscolombia travel . tierra Calientecolombia travel blogtequendama fallsSome months ago, thru Trip Advisor I met an Argentinean girl called Lorena that just had moved to Colombia and she started visiting my Colombia Travel Blog regularly. Amongst many other questions she asked me there was one that caught my attention , she wanted to know how to get to the place called “ Tierra Caliente” ( “ Summer Land” ) that everyone seemed to recommend as a very relaxing http://colombia-travel-marcela.blogspot.com/2011/01/tierra-caliente-colombia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marcela - Colombia Travel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206467304923588497.post-6680044970511711545Thu, 13 Jan 2011 00:20:00 +00002011-01-12T16:20:14.758-08:00cartagena tourscartagena travelcolombia musiccolombia partycolombia travel blogSafety in colombiasalsa colombiasalsa lessonssalsa musicGathering onformation for a coming post of my Colombia Travel Blog, I recently came across an article  in the prestigious British newspaper The Sunday Times entitled Colombian Gold. I worried, of course, that it would be riddled with safety recommendations and warnings that were meant to reassure people but really just bolstered the image of Colombia as a dangerous destination. I shouldn’t http://colombia-travel-marcela.blogspot.com/2011/01/colombia-featured-in-sunday-times.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marcela - Colombia Travel)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206467304923588497.post-6712328289718590036Sat, 01 Jan 2011 14:23:00 +00002011-01-02T04:45:05.717-08:00bogotabogota travelchristmas in Colombiacolombiacolombia costumescolombia culturecolombia travel blognoche de las velitas Is that time of the year again and I’ve been meaning to relive one of the many special Bogotan traditions: to visit  Monserrate,  the tallest and most well known  mountain that frames the city of Bogota, by night . During December visiting Monserrate is especially beautiful because of the Christmas lights that decorate the whole mountain and the church that lies on top of the http://colombia-travel-marcela.blogspot.com/2011/01/christmas-lights-in-colombia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marcela - Colombia Travel)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206467304923588497.post-4074403223967308762Mon, 27 Dec 2010 16:24:00 +00002010-12-31T13:44:08.352-08:00bogota tourbogota travelcolombia destinationsColombia highlightscolombia safetycolombia travel blogis it safe to travel to colombia?noche de las velitasHello all! It’s been more than a month since I last posted an entry in my Colombia Travel Blog, sorry about that! Just as it happened last December when I wrote about Christmas in Bogota,  many many things have converged during the last weeks of this year taking me momentarily away from my blogging activities… all very good things though! One of them is that I just came back from a wonderfulhttp://colombia-travel-marcela.blogspot.com/2010/12/most-popular-colombia-travel-blog-2010.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marcela - Colombia Travel)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206467304923588497.post-4084558940989273511Sat, 20 Nov 2010 01:03:00 +00002011-01-01T06:28:30.849-08:00colombia archaeologycolombia culturecolombia travel blogprecolumbian San Agustin culturesan agustin archaeological parksan agustin colombia Hi All! This is  a short last minute post... I was reviewing my Colombia Travel Blog's  traffic charts  and I realized that the most sought after keyword today  is "San Agustin Archaeological Park"  and the  Top Hidden Colombia Destinations  entry the most popular one, which is strange, because what I usually get is tons of hits on the topics of "safety inhttp://colombia-travel-marcela.blogspot.com/2010/11/san-agustin-archaelogical-park-featured.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marcela - Colombia Travel)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206467304923588497.post-788394962023844501Fri, 19 Nov 2010 12:18:00 +00002010-11-19T17:24:07.508-08:00colombia marriagecolombia travel blogcolombia weddinggetting married in colombiahow to get married in colombiapaperwok for colombian weddingwedding colombiaHello All, Lately, I’ve been doing some research  on a certain topic I’ll tell you about in a future post =) ...  and  coincidentially (is there such thing as coincidence?) I have also found that its  a topic that has been asked about quite a lot in Tripadvisor recently. What I’m talking about is  how to marry a Colombian or how to get married in Colombia.  It seemshttp://colombia-travel-marcela.blogspot.com/2010/11/getting-married-in-colombia-summary-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marcela - Colombia Travel)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206467304923588497.post-1872023913833627920Tue, 16 Nov 2010 02:29:00 +00002010-11-19T04:19:27.544-08:00colombia destinationscolombia landscapecolombia photoscolombia tourscolombia travel blogcolombia tripsecotourism colombia Here’s another entry about people that go the extra online mile to promote Colombia as a Travel Destination, this time focusing on the bio diversity of Colombia. Some months ago while looking for Colombia pictures online I ran into www.ecoturismo-colombia.com  and got very curious about it, it seemed like a Colombia Travel Agency page but there were not tours to be sold, there was a lot of http://colombia-travel-marcela.blogspot.com/2010/11/promoting-ecotourism-in-colombia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marcela - Colombia Travel)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206467304923588497.post-6450534493193170735Fri, 05 Nov 2010 11:51:00 +00002010-11-05T05:11:06.040-07:00bogotachristmascolombia destinationscolombia partycolombia top listcolombia tourscolombia travelcolombia travel blogcolombia tripsAs you know, Bogota – the capital city of Colombia - is my hometown and the place where I spent most of my childhood and teens, but it was only after I returned from my 10 years living in England that I rediscovered it and learnt to enjoy this cosmopolitan yet traditional city. Here are Marcela’s Colombia Travel Blog top 5 things to do in Bogota by day, a mixture of very well know places and somehttp://colombia-travel-marcela.blogspot.com/2010/11/my-top-five-things-to-do-in-bogota.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marcela - Colombia Travel)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206467304923588497.post-5309603295199912432Wed, 20 Oct 2010 04:36:00 +00002010-10-20T09:21:35.255-07:00Bomba Estereocolombia musiccolombia travel blogElectro CumbiaSanta Marta If you’ve ever heard anything about Bomba Estereo - and you very probably have - I’m just going to say that everything you’ve heard about them is true.  This is my fourth or fifth post about Bomba Estereo, so I might as well rename this as “Bomba Estero blog by Marcela” instead of “Colombia Travel Blog by Marcela” : ) , but the fact is that since I heard about them last February I really http://colombia-travel-marcela.blogspot.com/2010/10/bomba-estereo-in-argentina-buenos-aires.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marcela - Colombia Travel)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206467304923588497.post-1165021011636416252Thu, 14 Oct 2010 01:21:00 +00002010-12-11T04:52:13.778-08:00colombia tourscolombia travelcolombia travel blogcolombia tripscolombian destinationsMantarayaSafety in colombiaAs I said in my last Colombia Travel Blog entry, besides Colombia’s   Pro Export and its very successful “The only risk is wanting to stay” campaign, there’s a lot of people out there working to improve Colombia’s image and helping turning it into the new touristic destination in Latin America.  Last week I had the chance to chat with Camilo Gomez, Mantaraya Travel’s CEO and I want to http://colombia-travel-marcela.blogspot.com/2010/10/camilo-gomez-story-of-entrepreneurship.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marcela - Colombia Travel)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206467304923588497.post-8592094465382609615Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:09:00 +00002010-09-27T06:13:02.522-07:00colombia destination expertcolombia tourscolombia travelcolombia travel blogtrip advisortrip advisor Colombiatripadvisor destination expertHello all, Wow! It’s been already nine month since I started this Colombia Travel Blog and I think is a good time to look back and tell you about the wonderful things that have happened in my world thanks to blogging. If you’re following my blog since the very beginning,  you’ll know that at first I was very hesitant  to the idea of actually showing the whole world my very limited http://colombia-travel-marcela.blogspot.com/2010/09/blog-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marcela - Colombia Travel)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206467304923588497.post-2643109976093705584Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:08:00 +00002010-09-18T08:40:07.289-07:00http://colombia-travel-marcela.blogspot.com/2010/09/next-week-whole-story-of-my-secret.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marcela - Colombia Travel)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206467304923588497.post-4708307256736607289Thu, 12 Aug 2010 04:16:00 +00002010-08-18T09:26:31.986-07:00bogotaBomba Estereocali colombiacolombia safetycolombia travel blogis colombia safe?is it safe to travel to colombia?medellin colombiaSafety in colombia Earlier today I was looking for upcoming gigs of my favorite Colombian band, Bomba Estereo, to see if I could catch one before the year ends,  and ended up - as I usually do -  opening a lot of unrelated links  and windows  in my never ending desire to read EVERYTHING. One of those pages touched the “Safety in Colombia” topic, but  what really caught my attention was http://colombia-travel-marcela.blogspot.com/2010/08/is-it-safe-to-travel-to-colombia-my.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marcela - Colombia Travel)13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206467304923588497.post-3803720368828959517Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:32:00 +00002010-07-29T11:35:22.603-07:00colombia costumescolombia partycolombia travelcolombia travel blogcolombian destinationsferia de las floresmedellin toursmedellin traveltravel to medellinI was about to publish my fourth post about  Travelling to Colombia in a month, and realized that one of the most beautiful festivals in Colombia is coming up next August. Last time I was in Medellin  at the Feria de las Flores was in 2008 and my attention was inmedatly grabbed by one specific character: el silletero. Adam, from the fantastic  Eyes on Colombia Blog was http://colombia-travel-marcela.blogspot.com/2010/07/guest-entry-medellin-and-la-feria-de.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marcela - Colombia Travel)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206467304923588497.post-1938512561096359924Sun, 11 Jul 2010 05:07:00 +00002010-12-31T13:58:47.864-08:00cali accommodationcali colombiacali tourscali travelcolombia partycolombia travelcolombia travel blogferia de calisalsa calisalsa colombiasalsa lessonssalsa musicPreviously in Colombia Travel Blog by Marcela: After a whole day driving I had finally arrived to Cali and was ready to re-discover the Salsa city…. Having had a very nice night sleep I woke up and took some notes thinking that I finally was in the first “real” destination of my one month Colombia Odyssey: Cali.  Important points I had to take into consideration due to the fact http://colombia-travel-marcela.blogspot.com/2010/07/traveling-through-colombia-in-month.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marcela - Colombia Travel)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206467304923588497.post-5639402916526585703Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:53:00 +00002010-12-31T13:56:31.117-08:00bogota tourcali tourscali travelcolombia andescolombia landscapecolombia tourscolombia travelcolombia travel blogdriving in colombiapanamerican highwayPreviously in Colombia Travel Blog by Marcela: Part one of the Traveling through Colombia in one month was published, Marcela mapped out her trip through Colombia, kissed her parents good bye, and headed Lucerito – her 1998 Pajero truck – from Bogota to Cali, the salsa city…. After about 2 hours driving through the renewed and therefore smooth motorway, the scenery color gradually changeshttp://colombia-travel-marcela.blogspot.com/2010/06/traveling-through-colombia-in-month.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marcela - Colombia Travel)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206467304923588497.post-6624757125971507545Tue, 18 May 2010 21:01:00 +00002010-06-14T12:55:21.666-07:00colombia everestcolombia travel blogEpopeya Colombiaepopeya everest colombiaepopeya everest sin limitesMarcelo Arbelaeznelson cardona colombiaNelson cardona everest Hi all, this is a quick update on the Colombia Epopeya Everest sin Limites Expedition 2010.  Congrats team!!! And specially Marcelo my dear friend and beautiful soul through whom I met Nelson, Edgar and Carolina…Congratulations again and again, this could have only been accomplished by you, Epopeya Colombia. We are all thrilled; Colombia is celebrating the latest news received from thehttp://colombia-travel-marcela.blogspot.com/2010/05/epopeya-everst-sin-limites-2010-nelson.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Marcela - Colombia Travel)0