@wwaycorrigan [For an audio/vlog version of this story, click here.] ‘Oh, the wanderer is back.’ It’s a remark often directed at me whenever I return to Ireland. You see, some people in my birth country think that I’m a full-time traveller. The main reason for this, I figure, is down to where I’ve been based: […]
@wwaycorrigan [For an audio/vlog version of this story, click here.] There is a view in certain circles that Indigenous peoples in isolated areas live a largely wholesome and simple life, at one with nature, in stark contrast to us folk in more digitally connected, fast-paced...
@wwaycorrigan [For an audio/vlog version of this story, click here.] ‘It’s a bit «caliente» down there, be careful.’ That was the general response from Bogotá-based acquaintances when I told them I was heading to the town of Puerto Asís in Colombia’s...
¿Qué tal si en esta ocasión nos vamos a La Chorrera? Con sus 590 metros de caída, así se conoce a la cascada de agua escalonada más alta de Colombia, la sexta en América del Sur y la sesenta del mundo. Ubicada a menos de una hora de Bogotá, este enorme cuerpo de agua lo dejará pasmado […]
@radiobrendan It’s fair to say that the name Roger Casement means very little, if nothing at all, for the vast majority of Colombians. There’s no surprise in that really, especially considering that in his native Ireland, despite Casement being one of the most...
La travesía comienza en Bogotá, cuando se toma la carretera que conduce a Choachí y cuya promesa es una hora de inclementes curvas. Mareada, llego al inicio de mi destino: el Parque Aventura La Chorrera. Mis guías son Liliana Cifuentes y Martha Rodríguez, dos jóvenes del...
