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Bogotá Parkour: Free running with Les Chats
There are many reasons to love Bogotá but it’s entirely possible the city’s chaotic, frequently cracked and somewhat clumsy streets are not one of them. I think the biggest problems are the random obstacles – you know, the discarded bricks and paving slabs, the unexpectedly open manholes, even the desolately skinny trees surrounded by sleeping […]
Gone in 60 Seconds: Bogotá’s Traffic Light Performers
April 22, 2012
I like many things about my new neighbourhood. I’m within spitting distance of Simon Bolivar park, my gym is over the road and there are more bakeries here than one person could ever frequent (Sundays are also crazy; today I was accidentally caught in a Scouts’ treasure hunt and nearly fell victim to an enthusiastic […]
Man and Matador: Colombian bullfighter Luis Bolivar
November 29, 2011
Luis Bolivar – Colombia’s top bullfighter – emerges from a shiny car on a grey afternoon and is instantly the star. He’s wearing dark glasses, despite the lack of sun. And although he’s preparing to hone his skills in the dirt ring of a Colombian farmhouse, the beauty by his side – clutching a Louis […]
Mr Romance: Colombian musician Andrés Cepeda
November 24, 2011
A piece I wrote after meeting Colombian pop star Andrés Cepeda last year: “PEOPLE in Bogotá want to have fun and people in Bogotá want to cry. I’m more the musician for when they want to cry,” multiple Grammy nominee and local boy Andrés Cepeda is quick to explain. Hmmmm. If soppy songs really are […]
Banksy of Bogotá: Colombian graffiti artist DjLu
November 23, 2011
A piece I wrote after meeting Bogotá graffiti artist DjLu: “JUAN Valdez looks a little different today. He’s balanced precariously on his donkey just like normal… but wait… is he holding a GUN? And look closer at that pineapple… tell me that’s not a grenade? There is definitely something strange about the Apple symbol too; […]
World’s Smallest Man: Edward Niño Hernandez
March 18, 2011
A piece I wrote after meeting the former world’s smallest man, 70-cm high Edward Niño Hernandez: “THE remark was almost casual. “Your baby is going to be a little small,” the doctor told a worried Nohemi Hernández when she was pregnant with her first child. He didn’t tell the nervous expectant mother her unborn child […]
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