Most people grab their coffee to-go, fill it with sugar, then repeat the next day, but do you know where your coffee comes from? I mean the good, real kind. Not the vente latte or McCafé you line up for at the drive-thru. On my recent trip to Colombia, I went on a Medellin coffee farm […]
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Narco Tourism and Taking a Pablo Escobar Tour
Watching Narcos on Netflix seriously intensified my curiosity and intrigue about Colombia. I felt a little guilty about this. Most Colombians hate the show and feel it has given them the wrong attention. It’s understandable – life under notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar was a dark one for Colombians. They have tried hard to transform […]
4 Alternative Tours to Take in Medellin
I’ve talked before about Colombia being a far cry from its dark past. Even if narco tourism is growing, Medellin is actually full of peaceful and positive transformation, rebuilding itself through things like art, coffee, and tourism instead of drugs. As Paisa people continue to rebuild it’s important to be conscious of how far they’ve […]
Comuna 13, Medellín: How A Community Transformed the Most Dangerous Neighbourhood in the World
“Don’t go to Colombia” they said. “It’s risky and unsafe,” we were warned. Understandably so. Colombia’s images are tainted of brutal violence, deadly turf wars and constant gunfire. We watched the first season of Narcos and knew we were entering a place with a very dark story. In the media, Colombia is dangerous and unwelcoming. […]
Jamaica Food Tour
On a recent trip to Montego Bay, Jamaica we did our first “all-inclusive”. It was a fam-jam trip, and a different kind of travel for us since we’re used to more local travel but Dan and I managed to scratch our itch and take one day to get off the resort and explore the real Jamaica […]
Day Trip to Auschwitz Concentration Camp
Desolate, empty and uninviting; a place haunted by memories of genocide and sadness. Auschwitz concentration camp is not exactly the kind of place you want to visit. Yet, it’s important to. Like many people I had seen films like Schindler’s List, and as a young girl I read Anne Frank’s diary. A few years ago I […]
