and the Real Fear Factor Wasn’t the Food.
Feb 24, 2026
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10 min read
The Real “Cheap Colombia” Budget Across 7 Cities (No Fantasy Math)
7 min read
What to Try (and What to Avoid) When Colombia Hands You a Mystery Orb.
A Capital City on a $1,000 Budget?
6 min read
Thriving Far from Home
8 min read
Legal Reasons You Could Lose Your Status (and how to protect it).
9 min read
Why the “Best” Place to Live Isn’t the One Everyone Talks About.
Living in a Country That Never Goes Quiet.
Feb 17, 2026
Guatavita, Villa de Leyva, Ráquira, and Sáchica (And Why They Don’t Play by City Rules)
11 min read
Minimum Wage, Housing Costs, and Real Life in Colombia.
Which City Actually Delivers the Better Expat Life?
Where Cost and Care Actually Make Sense.
Building Passive Income While Living Anywhere.
Phones, Banking & Mail (The Systems That Keep You Sane Abroad)
Which Tropical City Actually Works Long-Term?
Feb 10, 2026
5 min read
(And Why You Probably Don’t Need One Either).
The Mountain Town Above Bogotá That’s Quiet, Cold, and Surprisingly Livable.
Two “under-$1,200” cities—one for slow living, one for beach-mode momentum.
The Step-by-Step Arrival Playbook (No Panic Required)
The Red Flags That Quietly Break Your Business.
And why “boring systems” might be the biggest culture shock of all.
Asia & Latin America’s New Rules of “Come... But Correctly”.