A Hidden Gem In The Heart Of Colombia

Advantages: diverse, stunning, peaceful, cheap, friendly, coffee, climate
Disadvantages: language barriers, long bus journeys

...My name is Jonathan, I am a 21 year old student at Warwick, I went to Colombia in the summer of 2006, and wanted to share a little bit of it... First of all, it was of little surprise to me that Colombia has had just five reviews on the country in general. This can probably be accounted by the fact that when you take one look at the foreign office website, all but a handful of Colombian provinces are blacked out as "no go zones." Whether feeling adventurous or just plain stupid as some would claim, I chose to kindly ignore this advice, and venture out to what has now become one of my favourite countries in the world, and despite my age, I have been to over 30 countries across all the continents. My journey in Colombia began on the caribbean coast and ended on the border to Ecuador, where my travels continued down the West coast to...

goldentouch77 19.09.2008 · Read review
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Anyone for Iced Coffee?

Advantages: Lovely if you like coffee
Disadvantages: Don't buy if you don't like coffee

...Magnum Colombia Aroma Choco-Cappuccino was what faced me when I looked into the 'special offers' fridge in Tesco's the other day. Could I resist them? I would like to be able to say that my will power was strong enough - but it WAS buy one get one free (BOGOF) - which did rather tip the scales in the favour of my trying something new! That is MY excuse anyway. The box is the same format as other Magnum boxes but in a sort of caramel colour - I would hardly call it cappuccino coloured - but it is attractive even so. There is a picture in the lower left-hand corner of a coffee bean and the statement "Colombian selected coffee" and the lower right-hand corner has a picture of the Magnum ice cream that you can expect to find inside - only hopefully, you would not find one with the top bitten off as this has to illustrate...

Minha 16.03.2007 · Read review
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Not as bad as you think...

Advantages: Beautiful country, not overrun with tourists
Disadvantages: Some risks are inevitable

...Mention Colombia, and most people think of drug cartels, kidnappings and general lawlessness. The real picture is not nearly as bad. I'll shortly be heading out to South America and making my second visit to Colombia. It is a beautiful country, the people are (on the whole) amazingly friendly and helpful, and the security situation is not nearly as bad as it was in the early 90's. Yes, there are risks. People do go missing, kidnappings and killings happen - but then where in the world is anyone totally safe. I don't believe the risk is such that no-one should consider travelling there. At the same time, don't expect travel there to be totally easy - some places are off-limits, and others are difficult to get to and not really set up for tourism. But it's worth the trouble....

lss22 25.07.2000 · Read review
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Not for the faint-hearted

Advantages: Amazing cuisine; coffee; very, very cheap; locals are charming and helpful
Disadvantages: Kidnapping. Like the Sword of Damocles, a pall of fear hangs over everyone. Beggars/prostitutes. Oppressive humidity in Buenaventura.

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MrDarcy 06.04.2001 · Read review
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Well I had fun..

Advantages: cheap cheerful and gorgeous beaches
Disadvantages: drug cartels, kidnapping - the usual

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sparkle99 18.02.2003 · Read review
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This poses a clear and present danger

Advantages: Comfortably made
Disadvantages: Confusing plot

...Clear and Present Danger is the 1994 film from director Phillip Noyce who teams up with Harrison Ford as Jack Ryan once again to produce the sequel to Patriot Games. It is adapted from the Tom Clancy novel of the same name, features a bit more intrigue and corruption than Patriot Games and reverts Jack Ryan back to a more solid CIA role, and was acclaimed as a better film than Patriot Games. Ford stars as Jack Ryan, appointed CIA deputy director following the deteriorating health of his mentor, Admiral Greer (James Earl Jones). With political situations tense on Colombia and strains between it and the States, Ryan assures there will be no black ops action in the South American country, only for National Security Advisor Cutter (Harris Yulin) to secretly order otherwise. Ryan ends up going to Colombia with John Clark (Willem Dafoe) to...

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Conscience Coffee

Advantages: Fairtrade, ethical business, reasonable product
Disadvantages: Bit bland, not full bodied as rivals or real ground coffee

...I really love the taste and smell of fresh ground coffee, especially from Colombia or Costa Rica. There is a richness and distinctive aroma as you open the pack which just sets the taste buds tingling???..Alas, all too often it is simply not practical or best use of time to indulge in real brewed coffee so instant must suffice. Unfortunately in this sector of the beverage market price is often indicative of quality, and premium brand instant coffees almost always taste better than the standard or economy offerings. Having experienced enjoyable cups of Percol Fresh Ground Colombian Coffee I had high expectations from the instant variety: even more so since it was on offer at just over £2 for a 100g jar making it very competitive against other premium brands. The packaging with it?s familiar green green hue and prominent Fairtrade...

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Review of Percol Fairtrade Instant Colombian Coffee

Help someone by drinking coffee !

Advantages: Good value, good taste and helps the growers
Disadvantages: None that I have found

...When shopping in Morrison's the other day, I spotted a jar of coffee with which I was not familiar. It was also considerably cheaper than a lot of the others at only £1.99 for a 100g jar. What coffee was this, you ask: Buendia - Colombian Coffee. It comes in a neat square jar with a brown screw top and a bronze label sporting the "Café de Colombia" logo, which is the symbol of the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia. (Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia) - and is the guarantee of pure Colombian coffee. The Federation was formed in 1927 as a non profit making organisation and is entirely owned by Colombia's 560,000 coffee growers - or Cafeteros. Its aim is to improve the standard of living of the coffee growers and their families. Buendia is one of their own brands, grown, processed and packed in...

Minha 01.02.2007 · Read review
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A hundred years of solitude

Advantages: Good
Disadvantages: Nothing

...A hundred years of solitude or in spanish "Cien Años de Soledad" is for the best book I've ever read because the story that Gabriel Garcia Marquez is about a family The Buendias on the city named Macondo, that it seems a tipical jungle cities in Colombia when Garcia Marquez was born and lived his years of life. On the Macondo's description on the first lines of this book he describes Aracataca (the city where Garcia Marquez was born). About the story it talks about Macondo's foundation and its first people living there: The Buendias in 4th generation where the Buendia family's names are reapiting as Jose Arcadio, Aureliano so Don Jose Arcadio Buendia is the father or Jose Arcadio Buendia and he is the father of Jose Arcadio, Aureliano, etc, etc being a little confuse understanding it. The future of The Buendia is writing on some...

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Summertime ice cream

Advantages: Chocolate and ice cream
Disadvantages: None

...Summer summer summertime and that only means one thing, ice cream! I love it when it's hot outside as i now have a good excuse to eat ice cream, as if you really need an excuse, but anyway. One of my favourite ways to eat ice cream is in bar form and in my opinion one of the best ranges around is the range from Magnum! Magnum is an ice cream brand is owned by the British/Dutch Unilever company. They have quite a lot of different flavours that they produce now, including the ones that they have released the last couple of years such as Mayan Mystica, Ecuador Dark and Colombia aroma but I have to say that my favourite is actually the original version, now known as the Magnum classic. The Magnum Classic first came out in 1989 and was just called Magnum but was later rebranded. It can be likened to a choc ice, ie vanilla ice cream covered...

Spottydog11 29.06.2009 · Read review
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