@wwaycorrigan [For an audio version of this blog story click here.] It’s been quite eventful on the news front in Colombia of late, even more so than normal. We’ve had corruption allegations leading right up to President Petro that have resulted in some high-profile...
@wwaycorrigan [For an audio version of this blog story click here.] If somebody had told me in November 2008, just before I embarked on my first solo bout of world travelling, that I’d become indifferent to being involved in Gaelic football, I would have suggested they see...
@wwaycorrigan [For an audio version of this blog story click here.] A boy, about 12 years old, regularly comes into one of my panadería offices asking for food. Unfortunately, such a scene is not unusual in these parts. Pan out However, what makes this particular pauper stand...
@wwaycorrigan [For an audio version of this blog story click here.] Earn per hour what many Colombians would be doing well to make in a day. Largely be your own boss, decide how often you want to work and, for the most part, dictate the course of affairs. Outside of some sinecure or getting money […]
@wwaycorrigan [For an audio version of this blog story click here.] Almost all of us have felt this frustration at some stage. You get what you think is a good deal at the time but later you discover it could have been so much better. In most cases, brooding over it is of little...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] Having gone from a very casual cyclist in Bogotá to a more regular one over the last few months, I’ve become acquainted with the rush-hour hustle, in a part-time capacity in any case. The various...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] It’s often how it goes. A person overcomes one addiction then another, for better or for worse, comes along to fill the void. (For background, see Coming clean on my Colombian.) China in my hand To be truly accurate — as I always strive […]
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] Friday the 13th. Considering all that’s happened since, some superstitious types — not me, I hasten to add — might deem it quite portentous that this was the date of the initial, tentative encounter...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] As the old adage goes, ‘never say never.’ So while I have let it be known that over the years I’ve grown quite tired of freelance English teaching since I first started such work in 2012, I...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] A few weeks back, on one of my pueblo escapes from Bogotá — to La Paz, Santander, precisely speaking — I had an interesting conversation with a man about Colombia’s less well-off. He was of the opinion that one couldn’t objectively class the majority […]
