I Live to Eat and Eat to Live

Since we had no transport to get us from our first Finca to anywhere, we were dependant on the once a day Chiva. That took us from Tienda...

After a 90 minute walk uphill then downhill or a 20 minute bumpy ride on an antiquated Chiva. We were always ready for a filling breakfast....

Bandeja Paisa, is Antioquias typical dish. It’s a monster of a meal. It makes an all you can eat buffet look like its on a diet. Unfortuna...

Well we have moved from our small rural finca to a slightly smaller but yet closer to civilisation finca. The new one is just outside El R...

A friend of a friend of a friend told us about Ristorante Valenti. It’s the way word gets around in Medellin. From what I could gather th...

Finally we have had a week of no rain. Summer is here at last. For the last few weeks it has rained a lot either in the morning or the af...

The Botanical Gardens in the centre of Medellin is a welcome respite from the chaos and madness that the city is. The greenness of the p...

Well we’ve been here in Finca Cañaveral for a couple of weeks now. Most of that has been cleaning, dusting and throwing a lot of stuff a...

Peru is well known as one of the gastronomical capitals in Las Americas. Unfortunately when I was in Peru, we really were travelling on...

I had heard of this restaurant from my wife’s cousin amongst others. It’s a real Bogotá institution. Every person who has spent anytime th...