Blogs from Barranquilla, Colombia, South America

Carnaval de Barranquilla - ¡Quien lo vive, es quien lo goza!One of the world’s oldest and largest carnaval celebrations happens in Barranquilla and that's where we have spent last three days watching, enjoying and partying with the locals.The carnaval is celebrated with parades of carts and dancing people and with street parties everywhere in the city. Approaching the parade street feels like going to a music festival, long before you can hear the pumping music, only this time it’s c... read more

In january 2016, my wife and me visited Barranquilla, Colombia, called "La Arenosa". This is a city located at north of Colombia, specifically at The Caribbean Region. Barranquilla is the giggest city of this Region. In these ocassion, we visited mall Buena Vista, the biggest of city. This place is really beauty. You can to find everything, although the prices of the articles are very high. We visited the zoo also, where saw many exotic animals like elephants, zebras, tigers, lions, monkeys and birds.... read more

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This weekend had me a blast; a little sad and hopeless, I was wondering what to do to find my searching quest: Relaxation: A push here and there oriented me towards this Colombia´s biggest celebration which I had dreamed of, for a very long time; and my dream, as usual, had turned into that, a procrastinated trip. A long trip which I had done last year for giving an English lecture, I knew the difference now was that I had to go by bus, quite a difference but a lot cheaper. Little did I know that I would spend a horrible night texting on the bus and that, combined with many copetrans´s endless stopovers, had me exhausted but hey, it was really worth it. The first thing I remarked was the amount of foreigners ... read more

Zaterdag 20 augustus: eerste huwelijksverjaardag van Patricia en Mark. Het was zaterdag en dus uitslaapdag voor iedereen. Het was ook de eerste huwelijksverjaardag van Mark & Patricia. We dachten dikwijls terug aan 20 augustus van vorig jaar: een goedgevulde, emotionele dag vol afwisseling, en nieuwe ervaringen voor de Belgen die toen naar Barranquilla kwamen voor het huwelijk. Uiteraard was het vooral voor Mark, Patricia en Anuar een heel speciale dag, maar ook voor de ganse familie van Patricia. We kregen ’s avonds de kans om hen terug te zien, en ervaringen uit te wisselen (via vertaalbureau Mark). Maar eerst werden we langzaam wakker en ontbeten met westerse ontbijtkoekjes, de tas Colombiaanse koffie smaakte zoals altijd erg lekker. We vertrokken even later met de auto naar het Huis van de Carnaval, waar we eerder deze week voor ... read more