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On Friday 4 February, Eduardo Rodriguez, owner of Bogotá’s Turistren passed away. I had the honour of spending time with him and his friends and hearing about his life on the railways. The following is a chapter […]

We’ve been campaigning for this since 2008…and now, it’s a reality. Direct flights to Mompós from both Medellin and Cartagena. This, for us with two businesses in the hospitality industry in this small […]

A Colombia Calling inspired Christmas gift list! 

It’s that time of the year, and this year feels distinctly more festive than last, and those of us unaware of VAT free days, Black Friday, Cyber Monday and th […]

Mothers and children make up the majority of the Embera community here, originally displaced from Colombia’s Choco department.

An Embera boy watches from behind a tree as the chicken smokes over a rustic […]

Colombia and Ecuador, currently being visited this week by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, are seen as chess pieces in a “new cold war,” being waged by President Biden seeking to abate the influence of […]

International conflict photojournalist Malcolm Linton will be staging two further photography workshops in the Colombian colonial town of Mompox in collaboration with the Hotel San Rafael and La Casa Amarilla. Si […]

Read the full story and the reasons for the protests on the Medium site and be sure to tune in to and subscribe to the Colombia Calling weekly podcast.

Did you know that there’s a Beer Judge Certificate Program (BCJP) when it comes to beer tasting? I suppose I always assumed that something of this nature existed. But, beyond my amateur enjoyment of craft beer a […]

“Colombia, the most welcoming place.”

This is the news from Colombia

Colombia Covid-19

Colombia registered more than 200 deaths from Covid-19 and 11,827 new cases in 24 hours indicating that the country […]

…and now, Presidential runner up in the last elections, Gustavo Petro has made the declaration that he no longer recognises the legitimacy of Ivan Duque as president of Colombia. Buckle yourselves in folks as […]

Cartagena, image courtesy of the Culture Trip It’s June 2020, and I can hardly believe it. We seem to have moved forwards as if stumbling blindly into the sixth month of the year. Of course, scholars will look […]

For the first time, the Colombia Calling podcast will be running a three-part series as we explore the intricacies, horrors and realities of the physical and mental strain endured by migrants crossing the Darien […]

As I write this, Interstate Love Song by the Stone Temple Pilots sounds in the background, and loudly. Perhaps I am drowning out other thoughts and thinking of more positive times but, what thoughts are there […]

We’ve all been under lockdown and of course we have it better than so many others and so it seems remiss to complain, but it’s in our nature to do so. This message goes out to you all to reaffirm and reassure tha […]

Corona Virus in ColombiaIt has been a tough few weeks and I fear that things are only going to worsen for the forseeable future here in Colombia. Perhaps President Duque acted in time (and if so, he is to be […]

An empty capital city Wherever you are, whatever you are doing, please, all of you heed the warnings, self isolate, social distance, do whatever it takes to remain healthy and to not become another number in the […]

Well, I think that Ep315 was a roaring success, in fact the podcast must have been shared on Reddit or some such forum as Episodes 314, 314 and 313 went viral on Soundcloud. Matt Rendell provided us with a very […]

With your generous support we have improved and grown as has been the aim of this Patreon campaign. Colombia Calling now has its own website, the idea has always been to have something clean, clear and official. I […]

Whilst I was trawling through all of the Colombia Calling podcast episodes researching for my interview with Joey Czikk (Ep309, Reflecting on former episodes), dating back to 2013, I found myself wondering about […]

Newsletter for Colombia Calling patreon supporters for March 2020What a month it has been! For those of us living here in Colombia, sometimes one feels that it would be more convenient to believe that the social […]