The question hits me right out of the airplane: Did I change? Or did the country I left behind? I’ve now lived full time for 14 months in Colombia. I return to the United States every six weeks or so ...

Breathless at the start of my visit to Bogota for a conference last month, I quickly learned that was because of the Colombian capital’s 8,800-foot altitude high in South America’s Andes. Its altitude ...

Colombia’s newly resurgent capital boasts beautiful colonial buildings, chef-driven restaurants and cool new cafes and galleries. Related Article Bogotá is popping up more and more on travelers’ radar ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jared Ranahan is a reporter who covers travel and ecotourism. For many travelers, layovers are a soul crushing affair, rife with ...

Maybe it’s the altitude — at an elevation of nearly 9,000 feet, Bogotá is one of the highest capitals in the world — or maybe it’s the cluster of fluorescent-green peaks that serve as its dramatic ...