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Playing Tejo: The Colombian Sport of Throwing Rocks at Gunpowder

Playing tejo is a popular pastime amongst Colombia's working class, involving pucks, gunpowder, and optionally, beer drinking and vallenato music.

San Gil: Colombia’s Adventure Capital

San Gil has been dubbed the adventure capital of Colombia, thanks to a variety of outdoor activities including: whitewater rafting, kayaking, caving, hiking, paragliding, mountain biking,...

6 Tourist-Friendly Destinations in Colombia

After quite a long time of being off the travel radar, Colombia is back in the game. There are few countries that have the...

Exploring Colombia: 5 New Places I Want to Visit in 2013

Now that I've committed to Colombia for the first three months of 2013, I've been thinking about the new places I want to visit...

San Gil, Chicamocha and Barichara

Writer’s note: This is part two of a two-part story. Click here to read part one. SAN GIL, Santander — The two-lane road winds through...

The Hostel Life Hits Colombia

The Hostel Life is a new web-based show, and their pilot episode was shot along the Caribbean coast of Colombia. The first video is dedicated...