Colombia

This is not a city of big sights or must-dos. Instead, it’s the sense that you are in a city which is changing and developing a new version of itself right in front of your very eyes.

Colombia has everything. Caribbean beaches in the North, Pacific surf in the West. Tropical forests, snow-capped mountains, and everything in between.

Despite having traveled to over 45 countries, Colombia is unquestionably one of my favorites. This is why I plan on returning there every year I can.

Learning Spanish gave us a voice with which we could ask questions we were unable to find answers to in guidebooks.

The pines disappeared and legions of towering wax palms stood in their place. Salvador Dali definitely had a hand in Cocora’s design.

What to do, eat and see in one of South America’s biggest success stories.

I may well have become the feature of every ‘gringo tries to salsa’ YouTube video ever published, but I couldn’t care less. This was fun.

My wife and I left our jobs and lives in San Francisco last year to drive the Pan American highway from Canada to Patagonia in a camper van. That’s when we became…overlanders.

South America is a land of miraculous scenery, rich cultures, captivating wildlife and some of the friendliest people on the planet. It is also the land of Colombia – a destination that isn’t often at the top of travellers’ hit lists but most certainly should be. Here’s why.