Dispatches: Visit Paloquemao and lose yourself in the city’s bustling market

If you're looking for chillies and sweet potatoes in Bogotá, Paloquemao is the place to go. Photo: Daniel Sanchez, Unsplash Excluding...

Dispatches: Gran Estación Plaza, Bogotá

Our regular column that gives a snapshot of Bogotá life takes us to the plaza outside Gran Estación.  The Plaza in front of Gran Estación....

Dispatches: Migración offices

Our series that gives a snapshot of different corners of Bogotá visits a place that's familiar to many foreigners in Colombia. The offices of...

Dispatches: Parkway

Our new feature will give you a snapshot of a different corner of Bogotá each month. We've all been stuck at home more this year, so one writer...

Femicide laws fail to protect transgender women

Transgender women in Colombia face a level of persecution that’s often hard to fathom. Photo: Enterezas In the early morning of 24 May, 2012,...

Nine days of the Cartagena Music Festival

It’s worth blocking time in next year’s agenda now to make sure you don’t miss the Cartagena Music Festival, the jewel in Colombia’s...

Colombian underwater rugby on a high: Throwing in the deep

A deep dive into the world of underwater rugby. Underwater rugby draws on elements of water polo and basketball, though oddly enough hardly...

5 recommendations to make the most of the Petronio Álvarez festival

1)     Come hydrated – on multiple fluids (more…)

Irie Kingz of the dancefloor

The Irie Kingz chilling in ‘La Nevera’ de Bogotá. Photo: Alisson Cantor These island siblings slip effortlessly between genres and languages...

Halloween 2018: The cost of costumes

[caption id="attachment_33083" align="alignnone" width="960"] Every year Halloween specialty stores sell thousands of costumes for the festival....