Travel: The Rasta House, Salento, Colombia
Banging on the window to get the attention of the driver, we drag our backpacks off the bus onto a bridge four miles downhill from Salento, a small cowboy town in the Colombian department of Quindio. We’re at ‘Camping Monteroca’, a campground offering ‘exotic lodgings’ in a nature reserve on the Río Quindío in La... Read More...
Travel: Cartagena, Colombia
Cartagena at sunset, between Getsamani and the Old City. Image: Alan Chant This 12-month Panamerican adventure has been full of surprises; birdwatching is now an active hobby (the birds of Central and South America are beguiling). I’ve learnt things about myself; I can actually survive without exfoliator but am unswervingly intolerant of certain nationals (can’t... Read More...
Travel: Getting Upgraded in Singapore
There are certain moments in life when normal folk like you or I, due to some chance of fate, manage to stumble upon the luxurious lives of the 1%. If you’ve ever been upgraded on a flight, or by happy chance have been invited to an uber-happening party, you’ll know exactly what I mean. Instead... Read More...
Travel: Lucha Libre and El Toro in Mexico
My only acquaintance with spectator sports is foreign. An American father, plus four women in a very English house, meant even my little brother grew up with as much interest in English football as the stock market. Now basketball, I can watch. It’s quick, gripping and above all, civilised. When Blake Griffin (LA Clippers) fouls, he holds his hands... Read More...
Travel: Catching the bus in Mexico
I'll try not to be a total wanker about the whole 'travelling' thing, and leave out the boring in-betweens. Fuck, i've written a blog about catching the bus haven't I? Read More...
