Tourism

101 things to do in Bogotá

Colombia by bananaskinflipflopsMarch 26, 2017December 18, 2020

Bocachica, the village tourism forgot

Colombia by bananaskinflipflopsJanuary 24, 2012January 24, 2012

Cycling Cartagena’s colonial streets

Colombia by bananaskinflipflopsJanuary 4, 2012January 15, 2012

Colombia by bananaskinflipflopsJanuary 21, 2011April 12, 2011

You know you’re in Colombia when…

I’ll admit it. I was feeling a bit guilty when our plane skidded to a halt at Bogota airport. It’s not that I like to take advantage of the average Colombian customs’ official and his weakness for women. But I’ve been through customs a few times in Colombia now and this time I actually wanted […]

Peru by bananaskinflipflopsDecember 22, 2010February 12, 2012

F*ck off and leave me alone

Life wasn’t all bliss in Lima. I had a lovely final morning – hunting for ‘conqueror’ Francisco Pizarro’s statue (it’s been relegated to a lonely park corner) and later examining his now empty coffin in the cathedral. I went to the bullring too and the adjacent bullfighting museum, because although the sport is bloody and […]