Tag Archives: IRA
Where does Bogota go from here?
I was out paying the rent. A banal and hardly soul satisfying event in my life. Queues and Colombian banks. The call from Alba came through onto my cellphone. Over the sound of fire engines, police cars and military sirens … Continue reading
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Tagged bogota bombing, bomb, bomb in bogota, FARC, farc bomb, fenando londono, free trade agreement, IRA, TLC
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Know Your Hostelier: the Fair Trade well-read Traveller
The legitimate bum, a wayward soul who believes he is a beat poet on a higher plain will have an arsenal of tales to regale the crowd. And it is this traveller that strikes it out alone, often with a … Continue reading
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Tagged bogota, chichuahua, colombia, creating a hostel, fair trade, fair trade hostel, fair trade traveller, hippies, hostels, IRA, james a michener, John Steinbeck, paul theroux, santa marta, Tegucigalpa, the drifters, travel blog about colombia, travel books, travel in colombia, travel literature, travelling tales, travels with charley, unwashed backbapackers
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