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101 Reasons to love Cuba
1. Coffee addict? No problem. 2. It’s amazing how a funny immigration official can improve even the dullest two-hour airport detention (Never be a British journalist with a Colombian visa) 3. Tell someone you’re British and he might just reply: “Ahhhh, the country of Ali G.” 4. Cubans find Victoria an easy name to remember. […]
101 Reasons to love Torres del Paine
March 3, 2012
1. Even the bus ride to the park will take your breath away. 2. Man doesn’t live on bread alone. He actually lives on powdered packet food. 3. People who work in the park smile. All the time. 4. You can walk over 100km and somehow every step is better than the last. 5. Everyone […]
101 Reasons to love Cartagena
January 19, 2012
1. It is impossible to eat too much coconut rice. 2. I’d barely taken one step outside the airport before wondering why I’d ever owned a coat. 3. I’ve never seen a Cartagenero rush – not even when crossing a busy road. 4. No-one likes getting up early. But it’s easier knowing you’re going to […]
101 Reasons to love Bogotá
February 3, 2011
1. Coffee here is divine. Step forward Juan Valdez. 2. Everyone’s an eco-Hitler. There is a ‘No Car Day’ once a year. Your flatmates will be obsessed with turning out lights. 3. People are paid to wear orange jackets and help adults cross the road. 4. There are palm trees in Calle 57. We’re at […]
January 6, 2013
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