@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] ‘Wow, your Spanish is very good.’ ‘Well, I’ve been based here for over ten years.’ ‘Oh.’ That’s how the conversation generally goes when I meet a new...
@wwaycorrigan During my recent 16-day visit to Venezuela I had a host of people asking me «What’s it like ‘for real’?» I’m still getting asked that since my return. Via an article in The Irish Times I did touch on a number of the everyday issues that...
@wwaycorrigan That old adage, ‘If you can’t beat them, join them’, is pretty much contrary to what this blog is all about. However, for some things, putting up resistance can be personally damaging, both in the short- and long-term. You see in Colombia, as is...
@radiobrendan Damn Brazilians, at it again. Not satisfied with unceremoniously and controversially knocking Colombia out of this year’s Fifa World Cup — aided by a Spanish referee it must be said — now they’re ensuring their north-western neighbours endure a...
@radiobrendan Phew! They’ve pulled through, and with a little bit more to spare than it looked immediately beforehand. A huge section of Colombian society can breathe easy once more. The ‘right’ decision has been made. Scotland is staying in the UK. You see had our Tartan...
@radiobrendan OK, credit where credit is due. We can all be quick to criticise but slow to give praise where it is warranted. In this regard, since this writer first uncovered the simple delights of Bogotá’s less than secure (to say the least) barrio of La Perseverancia,...
