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A life in Colombia
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The kindness of strangers
Few people could deny that travel broadens the mind. But it can have a negative effect too. I first left Europe when I was 18, to go to South Africa. I was naive and trusting and I am still teased about the time I cheerily agreed to a tour of Cape Town’s townships, suggested by […]
The final farewell…
July 31, 2010
It was always going to be difficult to say goodbye to the Galapagos. It was not only a paradise for me (all those animals and that beautiful scenery) but my home too. But it is too easy to forget the little things that make a place special and I wanted to sketch a quick list […]
The trouble with Ecuadorians
July 1, 2010
The trouble started, as always, around the dinner table. Solaise was obviously thinking something. I say obviously, but neither Pippa nor I could tell you what she was thinking. She didn’t voice her thoughts aloud. Jhosellyn, on the other hand, answered her unspoken question as if it was the most natural thing in the world. […]
July 31, 2010
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