@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 […]
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] It used to surprise me somewhat how even the most insignificant and sleepy of Colombian towns had at least one hotel to host the occasional passer-by. I’d often wonder how the owners made money from the...
@wwaycorrigan The Wrong Way Corrigan Brains Trust has been otherwise engaged over the last couple of weeks. The chief reason was due to our planning of the latest IQuiz «The Bogotá Pub Quiz», Bogotá’s top trivia night! The actual live event, our 55th edition, took place at Bogotá’s snug Cervecería Gigante on Plaza de Lourdes […]
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] A Venezuelan friend once told me of a saying in her country: ‘The Colombian can never lose.’ This seems to have come, for the most part, from the days when Venezuela was the ostensibly richer, more...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] In just over a month, 29 May 2022 to be precise, Colombians go to the polls to elect their next president. Fico fights back There are two things that we can take as virtually certain at this stage. One is that...
@wwaycorrigan The sign at the entrance to Hoyo del Aire (literally ‘Air Hole’ in English) near the small town of La Paz in Colombia’s Santander department, says that it is the second-biggest hole in the world. One assumes this means naturally formed and on land...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] When one thinks of Colombia’s Boyacá department, if one thinks of it at all, it tends to conjure up images of the awe-inspiring Andes, clean, cool country air and the odd superstar cyclist. It’s...
@wwaycorrigan Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister (Tánaiste), Leo Varadkar, has said he wants to make the visa process easier for Colombians who want to study and work in the country. Speaking at a St Patrick’s Day reception at the Irish ambassador’s residence in...
@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 [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] I do sometimes feel a bit torn after getaways to Colombian pueblos — pueblo pick-me-ups as I like to call them — due to my desire or at least perceived need to blog about them. It’s because, as...
