Renewing your US passport in Bogota, Colombia
Once a decade, an event comes along that you can’t miss… No, really, you can’t miss it. So many problems if you do. Despite the typical bureaucracy found in most embassies, I’m happy to report things are straightforward for the most part. A...
Photo essay: the ‘Bogota graffiti’ edition
This one’s all about the pictures – enjoy!...
Destination: Halloween in Medellin 2015
October 31st is a holiday in many places around the world, and Medellin has had Halloween costumes in the department stores since mid-September. Last Saturday, I headed to Parque Lleras in Poblado to take in the scene around the city’s best place for...
Destination: El Piedra, the big rock with 740 steps to climb
Or as I like to call it, one big damn rock. Also called la Piedra del Peñol (“the rock of Guatape”) or Peñon de Guatapé, la Piedra (“the Stone”) is one of the main attractions in Guatape, a daytrippable excursion from Medellin. Spend the...
Question from a reader: what does Medellin cost?
More than a couple people have asked this one, actually. The exact questions have all a little different, but they all boil down to the same query: What is the cost of living in Medellin? As you might expect, there isn’t a single answer to this question....
Random pictures, the three months in Medellin edition – or, where the hell ya been, Chris?
Well here it is mid-October, and posts here at One Weird Globe have been… erratic. Five posts in August (two of which were guest posts), seven posts in September… and this is the first one in October… So, what’s going on? In three words, Choose...
Our quest to find an apartment in Medellin – and where you should be looking
As with the other cities we’ve lived in, finding an apartment rates pretty high on the ‘stuff you’ve gotta do when you move somewhere new’ list. Someone e-mailed me, asking about the process to find an apartment in Medellin, so here we go....
Medellin, Colombia: first impressions
Yep, it’s official – we’re in Medellin, and we’re here for awhile. It was an awesome three months around Europe, and there’s plenty more about the continent to come even as we settle into a more normal routine for us. ‘A more normal...
Life as a Nomad: Medellin, Colombia
This contribution to the ‘Life as a Nomad‘ series comes courtesy of Dani Blanchette over at GoingNomadic.com. So, tell me about Medellin. Medellin has been described as the Chiang Mai of South America. It is one of the largest cities in Colombia, has...
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