Apr 23, 2024
Medellin and Colombia are hitting the headlines for all the
wrong reasons, due to sexual exploitation of children by foreign
visitors.
In April, a US citizen was caught bringing two girls, ages 12 and
13, into the Hotel Gotham, in the exclusive sector of El Poblado in
Medellin. There was all sorts of paraphernalia in...
Apr 16, 2024
On this week's Colombia Calling podcast, we sit down and chat
with Gary Murray, a former hotelier in Colombia and compare notes
on the business.
Murray's experiences, on the whole, have been incredibly negative,
mine on the other hand have been positive and so we look at some of
the socio cultural nuances to running a...
Apr 9, 2024
"Get the most from your time in Colombia by adjusting your
expectations with regard to what you probably take for granted:
Punctuality [never], Predictability [rarely], Promiscuity
[frequently], and Passion [always]."
And so it goes as we explore Colombia by way of Barry Max Wills'
writing in his debut novel, a memoir...
Apr 2, 2024
Journalist Emily Hart sat with Frank Wynne, tracing his incredible career from the start of his linguistic journey (a breakup and a bookshop in Paris) to his award-winning translation of writers across Latin America and the francophone world – particularly his work on cult Colombian author and ‘Enemy Number 1 of...
Mar 26, 2024
Imagine starting your first business venture from a huge wooden
treehouse, nestled on a wild island off the coast of the Colombian
Pacific.
Linsey Rankin left Australia to travel, arrived in Colombia in
2013. After working in tourism, education, and health, she set
about creating a business model that would allow her...