Colombia 2020

‘Don’t hail a taxi on the street’ That’s one of the key instructions iterated by websites on How to Travel ...

In recent years, the term co-working has crept into my vocabulary, alongside co-housing, co-living, co-designing, co-creating, … I am a ...

Medellin is a big city (2.4 million inhabitants), but in my first week I don’t venture much beyond my local ...

Everybody knows the C in Colombia stands for coca(ine) -- and coffee. I have come ready to sample as much ...

There are so many good reasons to travel, and one of my favourite ones is colour. Maybe because I live ...

Guilt-free asparagus in January, because yes!, it grows here. Surprisingly nice with quinoa bread. Empanadas. So bad for you yet ...

Comuna 13, one of Medellin's largest and poorest districts, sprawls on a mountain slope and is open for business. And ...

Today the UK officially leaves the EU, three-and-a-half years after the 2016 referendum. In 2016, a referendum was held in ...

The travel instructions were pretty simple: take the bus to San Onofre, then travel on to Rincón del Mar. Reality ...

Every travel should contain some bliss and bliss is doled out generously at Dos Aguas Lodge, which sits on the ...

Travels are often preceded by PTED (Pre-Travel Excitement Disorder) and my own Pre-Colombia Excitement Disorder was very much focused on ...

Minca sits in the tropical mountains above Santa Marta. I’ve been told it’s ‘cool’, but what strikes me first is ...

On my second day in Minca, I wake up with itchy red patches on my ankles and calves. They come ...

I spent my last week in Colombia at a yoga and meditation retreat at Casa de Loto, about an hour ...