Oct
19
2011
The October Destination of the Month is South America — offering 15% off on all books and maps for South America.
Our October newsletter features, among other topics, a spotlight on Colombia.
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Cartagena--photo by Harriet
Focus on Colombia:
You know a travel destination has gone “mainstream” when The Boston Globe devotes the front page of its Sunday Travel section to it — as they did to a few weeks ago for a piece mostly focused on the Caribbean coast of Colombia around Cartagena.
Globe Corner customers have been aware for a few years about the positive changes underway in Colombia and the great travel experiences that abound there. See our store blog for some past “reports from the field” about Cartagena and Bogotá.
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Michelin Green Guide Colombia 
Visiting Colombia in 2009 and 2010, we were struck by the large number of Europeans visiting Colombia compared to North Americans. So it came as no surprise that Michelin jumped out ahead of some of the large North American travel publishers in releasing the Green Guide last spring.
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Bradt Guide to Colombia
by Sarah Woods
The second edition of Sarah Woods well-researched guide is scheduled for January 2012 and will be along with the Footprint Guide below, for the early spring 2012 at least, the most up-to-date guide to the country.
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Feb
26
2009
Ciclovia Sign --photo by Pat
The highlight of a recent trip to Colombia was the opportunity to participate in Bogotá’s “Ciclovia.” Every Sunday, year-round, the city of Bogotá closes off over 120 kilometers of streets to traffic from 7 am to 2 pm. And, in a city of seven million, well over a million turn out to bike, roller-blade, jog, dog walk, or just promenade in their Sunday finest on the blessedly car-free streets.
What a transformation for a city that a decade ago warranted a chapter in Robert Pelton’s “World’s Most Dangerous Places.” Citizens have reclaimed the streets and civic life; Ciclovia is a joyous manifestation of the pride, good humor, and optimism of Bogotá’s residents. There’s a spring in folks’ step here that was unexpected (at least for me) — a confidence that the future is going to be better than the past.
We were staying in Usaquén on the northern fringe of Bogotá and our host
Ciclovia --photo by Pat
kindly provided bikes for a Sunday morning in late January. The beginning (or end, depending on your point of view) of one of the major routes of Ciclovia starts in Usaquén and runs into the central district of Bogotá on Carrera Séptima. Although flatlanders who haven’t acclimated to the 8600 foot elevation may feel the effects of the high altitude, the north/south routes in the city are essentially flat and make for very pleasant biking. Continue Reading »
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