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Living and travelling abroad means different things to different people. For some, it’s a pilgrimage, an adventure, for others it’s a calling and an unexplained yearning to reach a distant part of the world, where people speak an unfamiliar language and move to a different…
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1. Only pass through in transit Listening to the chaotic hum of the traffic in Bogotá might not necessarily be on top of many travellers’ bucket lists while spending time in Colombia, instead opting for colourful itineraries full of Caribbean beach-lazing and cobbled path wandering…
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Eggs benny is on the menu for breakfast and the waitress with the soft voice and Italian accent comes over to place the meal in front of me, along with a hot chocolate with two marshmallows on the side. “Enjoy,” she says with a hurried…
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“The next time we come stand up paddle boarding, we’re going to have to make more of an effort to look sexy,” I called out to my boyfriend, wearing a life jacket, an oversized t-shirt and a pair of shorts I’d just bought from a…
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Every weekday morning I log on to Facebook to see what the world is talking about, so I can come up with news stories for a daily entertainment column I write for an online women’s magazine. Usually light-hearted topics appear in my news feed –…
Continue readingIt’s competition time! Excited? Well, you should be! The creative people at 5Bogota are giving one lucky Sarepa reader the chance to do to a complimentary street art tour of the city by bike. Interested? Simply email me at duncansms [at] outlook.com explaining what you…
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Flipping through the pages of a guide book in 2006 was enough incentive for me to buckle down and save for my first trip abroad. I was 21 and wanted to throw a backpack over my shoulders, walk down unknown streets and marvel at the…
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The first time I travelled to Colombia was in 2006 and I had this naïve idea that I was brave and adventurous because I was visiting a country that was considered dangerous and off-limits to the everyday backpacker. But now, Colombia has seen a tourism…
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What’s Colombia sick of hearing about during the World Cup? Cocaine. And so am I. Colombia has been kicking some serious butt in the World Cup stakes lately – they beat Greece in their opening World Cup match and then won against the Ivory Coast…
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When I saw a six-year-old girl jump off a cliff and across the highest zipline in South America, it really put things into perspective for me. I thought, if this little girl can do it without much of a scream surely I can, too, right?…
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This is a guest post written by Frontier, a conservation, education and volunteer company based out of the U.K. They’re a not-for-profit, non-government organisation and have been building sustainable projects around the world since 1989. They approached me about featuring some information about the great…
Continue readingThe biggest partido in Colombian football history will take place this week when they play Brazil in the World Cup quarter-finals. Brazil’s got playing on their home turf in their favour, but considering the magic we’ve seen on the field from James Rodriguez (pronounced Hah-Mez,…
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I was born in Victoria but it seems I’ve seen a lot more of the world than my own backyard. So, during a recent visit to the southern state I decided to make like a tourist in my own country and travel Australia like I…
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Before I decided to travel Colombia, I was very particular about what I did and didn’t eat. At one point I was a raw vegan and happily filled my plates with carefully created meals from my pantry stocked with cold-pressed coconut oil, chia seeds, bean…
Continue readingTravel Colombia and there’s no shortage of ways to see the country’s history played out right in front of you – it can be seen while taking a stroll along the streets of a small town, during a visit to one of the many commanding…
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