Tips & articles
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Is the snap year the new gap year?
04 February 2013
The old gap year order has changed. While it’s still a common rite of passage for young people to take...
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The cheapest sightseeing tour in the world
27 July 2012
The city of Medellín, located in north-central Colombia, has an inspirational story. Only two decades removed from the height of...
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Seasoned travel: world’s saltiest sights
22 June 2012
These amazing sights won’t be found next to the dried herbs in your pantry! Check out the plains, caves, lakes...
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Colombia: travel books to read before you go
20 June 2012
This excerpt from Lonely Planet’s Colombia guide provides a selection of travel literature to get you in the mood for...
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Paradises on Earth
20 June 2012
Gin-clear water at bath temperature, a breeze ruffling the coconut palms, and sand as fine and white as sugar –...
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Calling the caf-fiends: great coffee spots
19 June 2012
It inspires passion, opinion and addiction. It’s the world’s second most valuable commodity (after petroleum), and it will almost certainly...
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Top spots for a medical adventure
12 June 2012
Want it modified, enhanced, drilled out, implanted or just plain alleviated? Whatever your bodily need, there’s a place for you.IndiaWith...
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Beginner’s guide to South America
06 April 2012
South America has long captivated travellers with its plethora of natural and cultural wonders. Take a quick inventory of continental...
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Most lip-smacking street food
18 March 2012
Lunch tastes best from a curb-side cart: grab your fork or simply use your fingers, and munch your way through...
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Lapping it up around the world
19 January 2012
Soup: a warming staple the world over – but who knew there were so many fine flavours? The ten below...
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Destination at a glance: Colombia
27 June 2011
Once typecast as the bad boy of South America, Colombia is one of the continent’s most remarkable success stories. A...
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Update for travellers: post-earthquake Japan
11 March 2011
A massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Japan on Friday, March 11, causing a tsunami that has resulted...
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10 places of myth and legend
21 February 2011
Even though we can get to the other side of the world in less than a day, there are still...
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Guide to Colombian literature
18 August 2010
Reading the local literature before you go is a good way to get a greater understanding of a destination. This...
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World's 10 happiest places
10 May 2010
Smile and the world smiles with you. That’s the theory: test it out in these mirth-maxed destinations, taken from Lonely...
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YOUR top 10 countries for 2010
19 November 2009
A couple of weeks ago, we published our list of hot destinations for 2010.You sure had a lot to say!...
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Lonely Planet: Roads Less Travelled Colombia itinerary
04 November 2009
Having weathered years of civil strife and daunting press, Colombia has only recently reappeared on the traveler’s radar. Portions of...
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Ride 'em, Cowboy: Valledupar's vaquero culture
27 October 2009
Smack-bang between the Andes and the Caribbean coast, the dry plains of Valledupar were home to South America’s first cowboys...
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Nabusimake: indigenous Colombia
27 October 2009
Stepping off the bus at Pueblo Bello on the foothills of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, you sense you’re...
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Medellín's cultural renaissance
27 October 2009
In the heyday of Medellín’s notorious cocaine cartel, 4000 people were assassinated a year, including on average one policeman per...
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Tejo: Colombia's explosive national sport
27 October 2009
What do steel projectiles, screaming men, and explosives have in common? The answer is the national sport of Colombia: tejo.Never...
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