A rewarding Vélez view

7 años ago

@radiobrendan Regular readers of this blog (stop it, there are a couple) will know I'm generally happiest when on the…

Colombia, vote V.E. Blanco for real change

7 años ago

@radiobrendan Oh what exciting times we have in Colombia. Election fever is in the air. In early March we've the…

The independent traveller’s guide (of sorts) to Guaviare

7 años ago

@radiobrendan Broadly speaking, there are two types of travellers: Those who do some sort of planning, research if you will,…

Making Bogotá ‘mejor para todos’

7 años ago

@radiobrendan The last week in Bogotá saw a fair amount of uproar  —  and traffic disruption — following the decision by city…

Returning to a life more ordinary

7 años ago

@radiobrendan It's safe to assume that most foreigners, especially those from the West, who come to Colombia on a whim…

Cali on the fringes

7 años ago

@radiobrendan "What?! You were in Cali for its famous end-of-year festival and you didn't go to it. Madness!" That's pretty…

Manizales: Bien pueda

7 años ago

@radiobrendan 'Manizales, el mejor vividero del país.' So runs the slogan on the city's tourist map. It basically means it's…

Replacing religion’s false comforts

7 años ago

@radiobrendan Atheism can offer us alternative 'comforts' to religion. We just have to look a little harder to find them.…

Una carta abierta a Alexandra Rojas, la gerente de Transmilenio

7 años ago

Sra. Alexandra Rojas, Con mucha sorpresa e ira he descubierto que tengo que pagar para cambiar mi tarjeta roja del…

Colombian universities’ English at all costs

7 años ago

@radiobrendan Colombia's powers-that-be place a fair amount of importance, in theory anyway, on improving the level of English here. There…