“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. […]
Medellin
What and Where to Eat in Medellin
When we spent one month living in Medellin we drank a lot of Colombian coffee and stuffed our bellies eating a lot of Paisa food (Paisa is what they call people from Medellin and the Antioquia region). In Colombia, the dollar goes far here. We were able to live on a pretty nominal budget, explore […]
Make Coffee. Not War. My Ultimate Guide to Coffee in Medellin
A long wall of graffiti art on the side of a brick building in upscale Provenza reminds passersby that coffee is better than war. It wasn’t always. A decade ago Medellin, Colombia was fuelled by heroin and cocaine; murder, kidnapping, and endless turf wars. Not coffee. At the height of its production, cocaine was a […]
Where to Stay: Hip and Chic Selina
We decided to head south for the winter and explore Medellin, Colombia for the very first time. We had an amazing one-month long assignment house and cat sitting in the Provenza neighbourhood (I’m already missing Ollie, our adopted cat). Since we happened to be in the city, we added a short stay at Selina Medellin […]
Coffee-Hopping in Laureles
Did you know coffee was first found by goats? Legend has it that, around 850 A.D goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats behaving strangely. They were eating red berries from a small shrub and acting hysterical. Wondering if there was some special power to the fruit, the herders decided to cook the berries in […]
