The Basilica of Our Lady of Monguí and adjacent convent, which now houses a museum. On our way to the heritage town of Monguí, we found ourselves once…
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We worked hard to get to Barichara! From Bucaramanga, we traveled south through a magnificent canyon carved by the Rio Sogamoso to the scenic town of Zapatoca (we’ll…
The view from atop our hotel From the picturesque village of Doradal, Colombia’s own Santorini, we traveled north – following the Magdalena River for quite a while on…
WE BE TRAVELING!! As we’ve mentioned before, we’ve decided to see as much of Colombia as we can while international travel is still “iffy.” Last Friday, we took…
A couple of weeks ago, we spent a few days in one of our favorite sections of Colombia’s Caribbean coast: an area in Magdalena Department east of the…
When does a goat roll on four wheels and an old Ford chassis? When it’s a Colombian chiva! Since publishing our April news post, we’ve gotten lots of…
Yesterday was a big day: John got his second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination from SURA, our Colombian healthcare provider. “So tell us, John, how does it…
Where did April go?? With our weekend quarantines now a fact of life and Colombia’s devastating third COVID wave showing no real signs of relenting, the months are…
Barrio La Sierra: Building a Hopeful Future How do you get to the essence of a city, in a culture that’s foreign to your own? And especially a…
Did you know that Colombia has the world’s highest bird diversity? By some estimates, there are over 1,900 species here, comprising 20 percent of the bird diversity of…