Monday, 28 February 2011
Tuesday, 1 February 2011
Highlights from our latest learning journey
Our latest learning journey has just completed. We had a small number of participants but this time they had an older age. Nevertheless, they manage to keep up with our pack agenda, hiking trips, and surprises.
To be honest, our bike tour of Bogota was a complete failure. At least we know not to include it in the agenda again. Too much car traffic. Fortunately it became another story to tell back home. That night we got a cooking lesson and learned to prepare ajiaco (a traditional soup)
On our third day, I might have offered too much aguardiente (Colombia's tradition alcohol drink) on our night out. It seemed to be a good idea that night, specially after everyone started to dance, but the next day some participants were a bit grumpy. An early flight also did not help.
We departed Bogota and arrived on Saturday to Armenia. We visited a model coffee farm and got training on how to properly prepare and taste coffee. We even got an art lesson.
That night we stayed at a coffee farmer with some local artists, including renown bamboo architect Simon Velez. The next day, and decided upon consensus, we ended up watching a bullfight in Manizales. The bullfight turned out to be a good one, although have of the participants had strong opinions about its cruelty. They did appreciate it was part of Colombia's culture.
One of the best experiences of the trip for all of us happened during our horseback riding. Halfway through our journey, it started to rain and we ended up seeking refugee at a local house. We stayed there for an hour drinking hot cocoa while observing their daily life and thinking about ours.
The next day we departed to Medellin by car but not before having a landscape appreciation workshop. Once in Medellin we visited its beautiful parks and libraries and walked through the shanty towns in order to appreciate its amazing transformation.
Our last destination was Utria National Park in the Pacific coast. We had a breathtaking moment once we managed to arrive after our 2.5 hour boat ride from Bahia Solano. Another highlight was the fresh fish we had for dinner as prepared by Maria, our local chef and of course the biodiversity.
To be honest, our bike tour of Bogota was a complete failure. At least we know not to include it in the agenda again. Too much car traffic. Fortunately it became another story to tell back home. That night we got a cooking lesson and learned to prepare ajiaco (a traditional soup)
On our third day, I might have offered too much aguardiente (Colombia's tradition alcohol drink) on our night out. It seemed to be a good idea that night, specially after everyone started to dance, but the next day some participants were a bit grumpy. An early flight also did not help.
We departed Bogota and arrived on Saturday to Armenia. We visited a model coffee farm and got training on how to properly prepare and taste coffee. We even got an art lesson.
That night we stayed at a coffee farmer with some local artists, including renown bamboo architect Simon Velez. The next day, and decided upon consensus, we ended up watching a bullfight in Manizales. The bullfight turned out to be a good one, although have of the participants had strong opinions about its cruelty. They did appreciate it was part of Colombia's culture.
One of the best experiences of the trip for all of us happened during our horseback riding. Halfway through our journey, it started to rain and we ended up seeking refugee at a local house. We stayed there for an hour drinking hot cocoa while observing their daily life and thinking about ours.
The next day we departed to Medellin by car but not before having a landscape appreciation workshop. Once in Medellin we visited its beautiful parks and libraries and walked through the shanty towns in order to appreciate its amazing transformation.
Our last destination was Utria National Park in the Pacific coast. We had a breathtaking moment once we managed to arrive after our 2.5 hour boat ride from Bahia Solano. Another highlight was the fresh fish we had for dinner as prepared by Maria, our local chef and of course the biodiversity.
Monday, 1 March 2010
TCCP is back!
The Colombian Connection Project is pleased to announce that a third trip to Colombia is being planned for December 2010 / January 2011.
The trip's focus will be on art, culture and creativity.
Participants will have the opportunity to explore Colombia's rhythm, artistic expression and regional identity by travelling around the country, meeting historians and artists, exploring Colombia’s cuisine, interacting with local people and visiting creative enterprises.
The trip’s highlight will include a hands-on cooking lesson and a 3-day artist residency.
More information will be available shortly. In the meantime please contact us if you are interested at: info@thecolombianconnectionproject.com
Feel free to let others know.
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Tuesday, 3 November 2009
Shooting Colombia to screen in 8th edition of the Discovering Latin America Film Festival
Shooting Colombia to be screened in 8th edition of the Discovering Latin America Film Festival. Specifically, Shooting Colombia will be showing during the launch of the festival's Plataforma. This will be a networking platform dedicated to strengthen negotiations between, mainly but not exclusively, Latin American filmmakers and scriptwriters and European film producers.
The Festival takes place in London from Nov 26. to Dec. 6 and is now the largest Latin American Film Festival in Great Britain.
Additional information available at: http://www.discoveringlatinamerica.com/film-home.html
Thursday, 22 October 2009
Colombia Connection speaks at London Rotary Club
On October 21, The Colombian Connection Project was invited to speak at the London Rotary Club and share its experience in organising learning journeys to Colombia.
As part of this event The Colombian Connection Project invited a representative of Proexport who talked about tourism in Colombia.
Monday, 19 October 2009
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