Monthly Archives: April 2016
Humbled in an Quito Prison
Having interviewed Wally Broderick just a few weeks ago for Colombia Calling about the state of Colombia’s prison system, it sparked several memories of the few occasions upon which I had entered, as a visitor, the Garcia Moreno Prison in … Continue reading
Orange Fanta in Uyuni
Shaking his fist, the backpacker, remonstrated perhaps a little more impetuously than he should have. He was genuinely angry. On the other side of the window, three or four Aymara children jumped puck-like with glee kicking up dust as they … Continue reading
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The Boyacá Road trip
A Boyaca road trip was just the holiday that journalist Richard McColl and his family needed for their Colombian Semana Santa Continue reading
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Tagged aquitania, Battle of Boyaca, boyaca, colombia, duitama, iza, James Rooke, laguna de tota, merengon, mongui, nobsa, Pantano de Vargas, raquira, simon bolivar, sogamoso, tibasosa, travel, villa de leyva
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