全新旅行連載系列《南美洲開箱文:哥倫比亞週末小旅行》
New series "Jerome's first trip to South America: a weekend in Colombia"
(There's English version on the bottom; please DO NOT translate the Mandarin text. Thanks!)
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這年頭很流行寫開箱文,彷彿什麼東西都可以開箱,連台北市議會都可以被網紅拿來開箱;既然如此,那我就來和大家分享一下最近「開箱」南美洲的心得——
10月上旬低調的去了一趟四天的「週末小旅行」,目的地是南美洲國家哥倫比亞的安第斯山區兩大城市,波哥大(Bogota)與麥德林(Medellin)。因為是第一次去南美洲,所見所聞都算是初體驗,稱之為「開箱」再適合不過。
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先來談談這個國家的有趣之處。
* 首先,哥倫比亞其實不是你以為的哥倫比亞。常見的哥倫比亞是Columbia,但是這個國家叫做「Colombia」,該國人士非常介意外國人拼錯,要注意。
* 哥倫比亞在地圖上看起來小小的,其實在美洲是個大國,人口4900萬排名第四,僅次於美國、巴西和墨西哥,還排在阿根廷和加拿大前面。
* 哥倫比亞目前算是拉丁美洲創新的領導者,該國的建築和景觀設計很常在雜誌上出現(那也是我多年前對這個國家的第一印象),有越來越多的新創公司,甚至知名共享辦公室WeWork都在此設點。我的公司也選擇在這裡開設拉丁美洲第一間辦公室(沒錯,我又利用這個機會去海外辦公室蹭飯了,科科)。
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一直到不久之前,哥倫比亞都還有內戰與販毒的問題,麥德林還一度被列為全世界最危險的城市;然而這個國家卻在短短幾年內脫胎換骨,麥德林更成為數位遊牧民族(digital nomads)在南美洲的首選城市。他們是如何辦到的?請期待後面的文章分享。
本系列預計寫7-8篇短篇,每篇保證閱讀時間少於5分鐘,敬請期待。
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So, what's cool about Colombia?
* It's Colombia, not Columbia. Be sure to get it right before you go.
* It's a BIG country in the Americas, ranked #4 after US, Brazil and Mexico. With a population of 49 million, it's more populous than Argentina and Canada.
* It's now the forerunner of innovation in Latin America. Numerous architecture and landscape projects can be found on magazines. The number of start-ups is increasing rapidly. Even the well-know co-work space WeWork exists here. It's also chosen by my company as the location of our first office in LatAm.
Until not too long ago, the country was still plagued by militia and drug dealing. Medellin was once named "the most dangerous city on earth". But now it's drastically different, and Medellin has become the top South American city for digital nomads. How did that happen? I'll share more in later posts.
There'll be 7-8 short posts in this series. Stay tuned!
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