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A Conversation with the Chatarrero

Posted on August 7, 2016 by Richard

We stopped him in his van, walking as we were down to the neighbourhood bakery. Can you be at our address in 40 minutes? What have you got to sell? Plenty, I said, and a heavy iron object too. He … Continue reading →

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Head On Collision on the Carrera Septima, Bogota

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Richard

Bogota’s traffic today was eternal, unmoving and riddled with accidents, but the most evocative sight I spied as I inched along the Carrera Septima towards downtown was this poor guy, head on resting against the back of a bus. In … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: rag and bone man

A Conversation with the Chatarrero

Head On Collision on the Carrera Septima, Bogota

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