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Richard wrote a new post, Show your Support for the Colombia Calling podcast 4 days, 17 hours ago

And so, we did it. Some of you asked after “merch” and after checking around the web, I found just the place to produce and send out Tshirts, Hoodies and mugs emblazoned with the Colombia Calling logo.

Just […]
Richard wrote a new post, Colombia's Biggest Loser of the Week, Part 1 2 weeks, 1 day ago

This is the result of three eccentric and foolhardly individuals getting together to discuss the real Loser of the Week in Colombia.

With more than 30 years of experience between them in Colombia, two […]
Richard wrote a new post, Colombia Calling Merchandise 2 weeks, 5 days ago

Colombia Calling merchandise is coming your way.

There’s a caveat of course!

Pledge $25 per month and upwards on our Patreon campaign and in early 2021, you’ll receive a selection from the Colombia […]
Richard wrote a new post, Who are Colombia's Gente de Bien? 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Who are Colombia’s Gente de Bien?

Hardworking, honourable, respectful, faithful, exemplary citizens. The right surname, the right school, the right country club, entitled citizens.

Like most peo […]
Richard wrote a new post, The Fallen Roof (50 words) 2 months, 3 weeks ago

“Papi, did you hear anything?” He asked his father calling along the corridor. “Nothing,” came the reply, even as the dust from fallen masonry and bamboo suggested otherwise. He seemed irritated, as if his […]
Richard wrote a new post, 50 words on Colombia's Postal service 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Could you come and pick up your post? she asked. The sun’s too strong and I’m looking after myself, you know. Look for the street just off the Calle Átras with a pharmacy on each corner. I know she earns […]
Richard wrote a new post, 50 Words on the Puente el Roncador 2 months, 4 weeks ago

Heralded as the bridge of “reconciliation,” Momposinos believe that road connectivity brings wealth. Instead, cacophonous motorcycles transport day-tripping couples from Magangue here to pass the time posing […]
Richard wrote a new post, 50 Words on the Elections in San Zenón 2 months, 4 weeks ago

San Zenón

She was offered ten times her daily wage to back a candidate. She chose him because her family did. Colombia’s dead vote for unpaved roads and no running water. This time, nine months after the el […]
Richard wrote a new post, Colombia’s Covid-19 Patient 1 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Despite having suffered Covid-19 at the very end of February 2020, I was not Colombia’s Covid-19 Patient 1. The dubious honour of that moniker has fallen to the unfortunate person listed as Patient 1, on March 6 […]
Richard wrote a new post, Escape to Mompós 4 months, 1 week ago

We did the right thing in leaving Bogotá for Mompós. Cooped up in an apartment, like so many others, for 105 days before we fled for more rural climes had taken its toll.

Of course, there are risks i […]

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