It’s 6:57 pm. It’s pitch black. A distant star pinpricks through the black canvas in front of me. I can only hear the waves kissing the shoreline. The ever-present soundtrack to our stay at Wachakyta in Tayrona National Park.   Why am I telling you this? Because...

When you think of la comuna 13 in Medellín, what do you think of? Maybe the escalators, the colorful buildings, or even the narco-violence of the past.    Probably not the eco-park overlooking all of that. I didn’t. I didn’t even know it existed. Not until a...

Looking for the best (legal) way to stay in Colombia for another 6 months? If you’ve used up your 180-day tourist visa, getting a Colombian student visa is probably the easiest/ cheapest/ best way.    With this post, I hope to save you some time. Because I...

Fancy for an unconventional Colombian adventure? Maybe you've already done the typical tourist route. In 2018, I hit the usual spots. And even though they are spectacular, I wanted to explore this beautiful country deeper. So a year later I came back and have been...

I knew nothing about Ibagué (Colombia). It was just one of those cities you pinch and scroll past while google mapping your next trip. But let me tell you, Ibagué - or more specifically Tolima - is an undiscovered Colombian gem.   In this post, I’ll outline my...

Toche Tolima doesn’t spring to mind when you think of popular Colombian tourist destinations. So it may surprise you to hear it’s home to the largest palm forest in the world - yep, bigger than the more well-known palm forest in Salento.    In this post, I’ll...