Thursday, January 29, 2026

Back after a hiatus! Features from trip to Colombia in July 2025

Cable car connecting Medellín with the Parque Arví on the outskirts of the city

 

I thought I had posted in 2025, but I was mistaken! Now to catch up, I have some photos from our last trip to Colombia last July. This was my 29th trip to Colombia in a 45-year period, and there are still plenty of attractions my family and I haven't seen. We spent most of our time in and around Bogotá but also took a five-day trip to Medellín to see sights we didn't get a chance to visit in 2024. 

We continue to notice a greater influx of foreign visitors to Colombia than I recall from previous years. Maybe because we were doing more sightseeing in Medellín, we saw more of them there than in Bogotá. Enjoy!


Personalized Coke bottles for sale in a Bogotá supermarket. $3,500 pesos is a little less than a dollar.

 
An evidently well-fed dove at a wetlands preserve in Bogotá



The "Comuna 13" neighborhood, a popular tourist destination in Medellín