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The Footloose American: Did you know Hunter S Thompson Travelled Colombia?

Posted on November 5, 2014 by Richard

I won’t lie, as a budding journalist I long harboured a desire to write in a gonzo fashion such as was made so irreversibly famous by the late Hunter S Thompson. Holed up in my rented room in Washington Heights, … Continue reading →

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Bogota Sign Shop

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Richard

Sent on an errand today by my good wife I found myself down in the Bogota Sign barrio. Here, signs of all shapes and sizes are made on the spot. My goal was to find a small stamp “pagado” for … Continue reading →

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Magangue, Bolivar: Home to La Gata

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Richard

As the second largest economic centre in the department of Bolivar, Magangue is a bustling, chaotic, stifling and confusing city on the banks of the Magdalena River. Economically important for the fluvial connections into the wetlands of the Mojana and … Continue reading →

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Are you the Mono?

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Richard

It has always struck me how polite the average Colombian is and the extent to which they will be almost over slavishly obsequious in their servile flattery. Enter a shop, a hotel foyer or a restaurant that is staffed by … Continue reading →

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