Packing for Colombia is harder than it looks. It’s one country, but a normal two-week trip can take you from 31°C and sticky on the coast to 7°C and drizzling in Bogotá, with Medellín’s spring weather somewhere in between. Pack for one of those and you’ll be wrong for the other two. The good news: […]
What to Pack for Colombia: One Bag, Three Climates (2026) Read More »
Most people see Guatapé the same way. A tour bus out of Medellín in the morning, a climb up the rock with a few hundred other people, a quick lap of the colorful streets, and back on the bus before dinner. I stayed two nights instead, and honestly, I think you’ll be disappointed if you
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Five hours in the car and you’re not just in another city, you’re in what feels like a different country. Old Montreal’s cobblestone streets, café culture, and French signage make it one of the easiest “big trip energy” weekends you can pull off from Toronto without a flight. Most of what I cover here is
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Colombia’s Coffee Region looks like a postcard from the second you get there. Rolling green hills, wax palms taller than anything has a right to be, towns painted in colors that shouldn’t work together but do. It’s also one of the easiest places in Colombia to see wrong, because most people treat it like a
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COLOMBIA SMALL TOWNS Almost everyone runs the same Colombia itinerary. Bogotá, Medellín, Cartagena. Fly in, three or four nights each, done. And look, those cities are great. I’d never tell you to skip them. But I’ll tell you something I’ve only figured out after six trips down here. The days I actually remember, the ones
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You’re gettign ready to begin your solo travel adventure in Cartagena, one of the prettiest cities in the Americas. It’s also one of the easiest places in Colombia to get scammed. Both things are true at the same time, and anybody who tells you only one of them is either selling you a tour or
Cartagena Solo: The Unfiltered Guide to Scams, Safety, and Actually Enjoying Yourself Read More »
Why I’m writing this, and why I almost didn’t Let me be straight about something before you read another word. I’m a man. I’ve been to Colombia seven times, my wife is from Medellín, and I move through that country in a way a solo woman never will. Nobody catcalls me walking to the gym.
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It’s decided! You’re planning to do some solo travel to Medellin. You book two weeks. You stay two months. I’ve watched it happen to so many people that it stopped being a coincidence and started being a pattern. Somebody lands in Medellín for a quick stop on a wider South America trip, and three weeks
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Understanding safety when using dating apps in Colombia can save you form more than being catfished. The US Embassy has issued multiple warnings. Eight American men died in Medellín in the last two months of 2023 alone. If you’re using Tinder, Bumble, or Grindr in Colombia, read this first. No fluff. Why This Article Exists:
Are you thinking of visiting Cano Cristales in 2026? The first thing most people say when they see a photo of Caño Cristales is: that has to be edited. It isn’t. The red is real. So is the pink, the yellow, the green, the blue — all of them running through the same stretch of