Colombians are very patriotic and very Catholic. This doesn’t prevent them from going wild when they party but they tend to be very conservative in outlook.

Despite the party image of the country, Colombians are often quite conservative people and attitudes towards things like homosexuality can be quite backward. Appearances are very important and it’s common for people to spend half their salaries on their suits.

Like elsewhere in South America, anyone who can afford it will have a maid. She’ll be paid the minimum salary of around $80-90 a month.

Nobody ever arrives on time.

They are incredibly inventive in their efforts to make a living. People sell everything everywhere. You may even see people walking into bars to try and sell garden earth.