Gabriel Garcia Marquez has passed away, but his words live on. For me, so does the happy memory of meeting him one night last year in Cartagena, Colombia.
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PHOTOS: Islas del Rosario, Colombia’s Caribbean Island Paradise
A quick boat ride from Cartagena, Colombia, the Islas del Rosario offer a Caribbean getaway with beaches, scuba diving and snorkeling. Here are a few travel photos to get you in the mood.
Michelin Unveils Green Guide to Colombia
The Michelin Green Guide to Colombia is the company’s first dedicated to an entire South American nation. There was lots of news to come out of Colombia last week during the nation’s annual tourism fair in Bogota (check out my article about Bogota’s hotel boom in Latin Business Chronicle). But for all the tourism and hotel…
Gearing Up for the Cartagena Music Festival
The gorgeous Heredia theater is one of the main venues for the Cartagena International Music Festival. The warm Caribbean breezes, historic architecture, and horse-drawn carriages lend an undeniable elegance to Cartagena’s historic city center, known in Spanish as the Centro Histórico or Ciudad Amurallada (walled city). Add a few string instruments, perhaps a piano or…