Our expert street guide Jimmy Weiskopf continues his exploits in one of Bogotá’s less frequented districts for tourists, but with a fascinating past: Los Mártires.
Antique dealers, boutique retailers and plenty of gaudy home furnishings are fixtures of walking in La Cabrera and El Retiro.
Considered a sacred plant, the ground powder of the coca leaf, consumed as mambe, has found a mainstream audience among urbanites and unwary tourists.
The Calle 72 is the “Wall Street of Bogota?” but universities, book merchants and a vibrant gastro zone have flourished in this former suburb.
The student housing at Universidades fulfill a utilitarian purpose, but are all the new boxy buildings taking a toll on Bogota?’s traditional neighborhood architecture?
A walk through Bogota?’s centro reveals an uncompromising resistance to gentrification and cultural melee of eclecticism.
Adopted from Colombia as a child, Santiago Jordaan returned to his tribal home in the Amazon to learn Huitoto traditions and share the experience with his fellow Dutch citizens.
Installment of author Jimmy Weiskopf’s portrayal of literary anti-heroes.
Colombia defies all categorization as history has shown, explains Jimmy Weiskopf.
The Macarena barrio in Bogotá is shedding its bohemian aesthete to become a destination for trendy urbanites.
Ayahuasca ceremonies are performed by many indigenous groups in Colombia’s Amazon region. But, how safe is yagé for foreigners? We asked an expert.
A press conference during the height of the narco war, offers one journalist the opportunity to become a Colombian.
Author Jimmy Weiskopf narrates a journey to the Sibundoy valley with friends tripping out on
New Age’ wisdom.
From Belgrade to Bogotá, Katarina Markovic has thrived, serving traditional Eastern European food at Beograd.
Bohemian cafes and gourmet restaurants, republican style and modern, La Macarena has something for everyone.
With back to back performances lined up well into next year, Bogotá native Valeriano Lanchas is quickly becoming Colombia’s biggest opera star.