@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] For some people, the move to a totally digital, online world is a delightful development. Procedures that once required us to physically go somewhere can now be done via the swipe of a screen or the touch of a...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] ‘I’m sorry, but we can’t accept that photocopy of your ID.’ ‘Eh, why not? It’s legible, isn’t it?’ ‘Oh, it is, it’s just it has to be enlarged to 150...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] It’s not exactly a case of hit-and-miss for me when it comes to visiting random Colombian pueblos. When an escape from Bogotá’s badness and madness is needed, pretty much any town will suffice. It is the getting away that matters more so; the destination […]
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] ‘What is love?’ Those of a certain vintage may instantly think of the 1993 pop hit from Haddaway on hearing that question. It does, though, go back a little further. It has troubled the minds of our...
@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.] For some business people, the customer-is-always-right mantra is seen as a golden rule. It makes sense on numerous levels. For many if not most businesses, the goal is not only to keep current customers onside...
@wwaycorrigan Our latest IQuiz «The Bogotá Pub Quiz», edition LVIII, took place on Thursday 06 October 2022. You can play a YouTube video version of it at your own leisure via https://youtu.be/pUaS1IQbrK0. Let us know how you get on!...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] Getting used to the cultural quirks of one’s adopted land can take some time. Indeed, there are certain mores that the outsider may never fully understand or accept. From a Colombian perspective, this blog...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] As has been well documented on this blog, I’ve visited several rather similar Colombian towns — pueblos — over the last few years. Now, some cynical types might say that all Colombian towns are pretty...
@wwaycorrigan [Listen to an audio version of this blog entry here.] On occasions, according to some mental health experts, it can be good to just do nothing. Or the very bare minimum in any case. Indeed, the deft Dutch have a term for it: niksen, which literally means ‘to...
