@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] On last week’s Bogotá Nights, we discussed insecurity in Colombia’s capital city and the country in general. One regular viewer, an Englishman who has been based in this country for nine years, told...
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@radiobrendan We’ve written here before that you can never become too relaxed going about your daily business in Colombia. Let the guard down briefly in terms of watching your personal belongings and there’s a high chance somebody will be on hand to take advantage....
Continuar leyendoPor tercera vez, en menos de 30 años, vuelvo a sentir la impotencia de un robo. De nuevo, experimento la frustración de conseguir mis cosas con tanto esfuerzo, para que, en menos de un segundo, otros se ‘hagan su agosto’. No sé si fue un error tomar un bus en vez de un...
Continuar leyendo@wwaycorrigan As mentioned in our previous post, you can never drop your guard in Colombia. It’s up to you, naturally enough really, to be responsible for yourself and your belongings. Be that as it may, it still doesn’t, or at least shouldn’t, make it more acceptable if...
Continuar leyendoCuando se lo conté esperaba comprensión, una caricia y tal vez alguna falsa frase de esperanza del tipo seguro que la encuentras. Pero nada de eso. -Yo sabía, yo sabía, pero es que usted está durmiendo todo el día. ¿Si ve lo que le pasó por dar papaya? -Amiga, pero es que me robaron la […]
Continuar leyendo@wwaycorrigan As we all know, in this life there are the haves and the have nots, something that has been well documented in various ways on this blog.* In what could be seen as a microcosm of that on some levels, there are those who have a smartphone and those who do not. At the […]
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