DATELINE April 18, 2020, Medellín, Colombia. The Big COVID-19 Travel Quandary If you’ve been following our blog for a while, you’ll know that travel has been a priority…
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DATELINE April 11, 2020, Medellín, Colombia. As of this morning, there are 2,473 cases of COVID-19 in Colombia with 80 deaths. That’s an increase of 1,067 cases and…
DATELINE April 4, 2020, Medellín, Colombia. We’re feeling a little more downbeat this week. There’s been a lot of gloomy COVID-19 pandemic news lately: By some estimates, a…
DATELINE March 28, 2020, Medellín, Colombia. Cheers to all! Hope everyone is staying safe, healthy, and hunkered down. Here’s the latest from our little corner of the coronavirus…
DATELINE March 21, 2020, Medellín, Colombia. As recently as a couple of weeks ago we were going about our business like everyone else: working, walking our dogs, eating…
Colombia’s biggest carnival is held in its fourth largest city, Barranquilla. It’s also billed as the second-largest carnival in the world next to Rio in Brazil. That might…
With Susan’s mom visiting from Texas last week, we had the pleasure of visiting Finca Los Girasoles- a flower finca (farm) in Santa Elena – with our driver/guide…
Transformation is a complicated word here. For most visitors, the words “barrio transformation” conjure up Comuna 13, a district in the San Javier barrio (neighborhood) that has become…
People ask us: “What’s it like to spend Christmas in Colombia?” Now that we’re finally spending the whole month of December here, we’re getting a broader picture of…
We first visited Comuna 13 in Medellín, Colombia back in July 2016. That was well before we made the decision to relocate here from Boquete, Panama. (Click here…