Tag: Candelaria Bogota

An immigrant story from the son of an immigrant country

On By Justin CalderonIn South America, TravelLeave a comment

Last weekend I visited the home that my father grew up in. The slope-side building in Bogota's historic district of La Candelaria is a "hippie" hostel today. In the room that was once occupied by my family, a small TV entertains languid backpackers spread out on mats across the tiled floor. The ceiling is about …

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Colombia: Ground with gusto

On By Justin CalderonIn Economics, Off the Beaten Track, Politics, South America, Travel1 Comment

Stepping out of the tower next to the Colombian Stock Exchange in northern Bogota, I walked in search of a bank down a clean-swept sidewalk seamlessly covered in mid-morning shade by a few of the columns of earth-tone brick buildings that so define the city’s skyline. I had been increasingly in need of an ATM that …

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