Tag: Tours
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The Eighteen-Hour Pilgrimage to Monserrate

If I were superstitious, at some point I would’ve thought Allison was not meant to travel to Colombia that weekend: first, she couldn’t take the original flight she had scheduled to Bogota; then, she was stuck with one of my suitcases because somehow we thought it’d be a good idea…
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The Worst Tour in the World

“You were supposed to have a red flag, right?” asks one of the tourists. “Yeah, sorry, I forgot it at home,” replies the tour guide. Perhaps that’s the first red flag about what’s to come. Square Jan Palach. 3 p.m. You wouldn’t believe the shades of gold painting this bright…
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Checho, Comuna y Color

—¡Checho! —grita un niño en la entrada de un callejón. Corre abriéndose paso entre nosotros hasta llegar a Sergio, un colombiano de tez morena que va dejando atrás los últimos vestigios de su adolescencia. El niño no sólo lo abraza, se aferra a él con una mezcla de afecto y…