Colombia

2013: Maybe the Mayans were right after all?

Colombia by bananaskinflipflopsApril 22, 2013December 19, 2020

You need looking after? Buy a dog.

Colombia by bananaskinflipflopsApril 16, 2013December 19, 2020

Lost in the city’s fabric: Can we really have too much freedom?

Colombia by bananaskinflipflopsApril 3, 2013December 19, 2020

Colombia by bananaskinflipflopsApril 1, 2013December 19, 2020

Your invite: Banana Skin Flip Flops’ 3rd Birthday Party

Banana Skin Flip Flops may not be the New York Times but because Bogotá, especially among our little corner of English speakers, is more of a village than a city, I do meet people who’ve read it. Sometimes they’ll write to me after our meeting and say: “You never said you were that Banana Girl,” […]

Love, life and why idealism is everything

Colombia by bananaskinflipflopsMarch 28, 2013December 19, 2020

Bogotá Parkour: Free running with Les Chats

Colombia by bananaskinflipflopsMarch 27, 2013December 19, 2020

Rich people of Bogotá: Are you the problem?

Colombia by bananaskinflipflopsMarch 16, 2013December 21, 2020

Vicki vs Bogotá: Operation High Heels

Colombia by bananaskinflipflopsMarch 7, 2013December 21, 2020

Dear Woody Allen… Bogotá’s ‘Golden Era’

Colombia by bananaskinflipflopsFebruary 22, 2013December 21, 2020

Colombia by bananaskinflipflopsFebruary 5, 2013December 21, 2020

Hips, feet and a Latin beat: In defence of blonde girls

The pub was crowded because it’s always crowded – a dark, careworn, beer-drenched Bogotá public house that was thronged with people grinding and twirling, bumping and salsa-ing. That’s right. Dancing. And you thought that never happened in pubs. The place was impenetrable until a large Colombian man pushed his way through the dance floor, felling […]