San Gil

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.

10 years ago

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,…

10 years ago

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…

11 years ago

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…

11 years ago

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 —…

12 years ago

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.…

13 years ago

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