@wwaycorrigan [For an audio version of this blog story click here.] One criticism often levelled at Colombia’s tourism industry is that compared to other countries in the region such as Argentina, Chile and Peru, it’s quite underdeveloped. While this can be seen as a...
@wwaycorrigan [For an audio version of this blog story click here.] ‘Beware the quiet ones.’ Considering this saying has achieved adage status, there must be at least some modicum of truth to it. ‘You say it best when you say nothing at all’ Of course, not all quiet types need to be treated with caution. […]
@wwaycorrigan [For an audio version of this blog story click here.] ‘Why try to be somebody you’re not?’ That epigraph has been brought to you by the soft drink, Sprite. OK, the brand wasn’t the first to use it, but I do recall its TV advert — commercial if you prefer — from the early […]
@wwaycorrigan [For an audio version of this blog story click here.] A thermal waterfall runs gently into a fast-flowing, shallow river. Close to the bank, where the hot and cool waters fuse, a natural spa presents itself. It’s of sufficient size to bathe in, fully...
@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 [For an audio version of this blog story click here.] Wouldn’t it be great if we could all (mis)manage our financial affairs in a similar way to many countries? That is, not only be in debt but continuously add to it, giving back only a fraction of the total...
@wwaycorrigan [For an audio version of this blog story click here.] As we grow older, we tend to become more comfortable in ourselves and what we’re about. Manifested positively, it means we’re less impressionable, less open to malignant manipulation. Negatively, it...
@wwaycorrigan [For an audio version of this blog story click here.] In Bogotá’s perpetual Corner Bar barrio, I explained how a working-class drinking culture permeates the neighbourhood I frequent the most in the Colombian capital. As somebody who grew up in rural Ireland, this is quite familiar to me. One big difference, though, is that […]
@wwaycorrigan [For an audio version of this blog story click here.] Of late, I’ve found myself reading books — both fiction and non-fiction — that, on the whole, are probably more negative than positive. Some might say, then, literature that properly reflects reality....
@wwaycorrigan [For a YouTube version of this blog click here.] ‘El mejor clima del mundo.’ So runs the slogan on a sign welcoming visitors and passers-by to the town of Sutamarchán, in Colombia’s Boyacá department. It’s quite a claim, especially...
