a little cameo

• The last Colombia episode 6 years ago I’m back where this Colombia chapter of my life began, sweltering in Santa Marta wishing the neighbours would keep their music to themselves. After 4 years and 7 months in Bogota, and a total of 5 years and 3 months in Colombia, I’m heading back to Australia, back to where I came from,...
• Feliz Dia from my little feminist 7 years ago A light knock on my bedroom door this morning was followed by D coming in to greet me. He flopped his lanky teen body on the bed and burrowed his head into my side. As I put my arm around him he said “Feliz Dia de La Mujer“. My earliest memories of International Women’s Day … More Feliz Dia...
• Ashes and crosses 7 years ago Today is one of the strangest days of the year in Colombia and every year it catches me off guard.  On my way into the shop at lunch time today, I noticed a woman with a dirty face walking towards the shop from the other direction. She caught my attention because the only Colombians who … More...
• Selso 7 years ago Tonight in the urban jungle of Bogotá I was walked home by Selso, a Kogi from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. Selso caused a few heads to turn in his traditional all white clothing carrying his poporo and wiping the saliva and coca leaf covered stick over it to make it grow. It’s not … More...
• Seeing the insult, not the silver lining 7 years ago I had to apply for a new visa last week. It was three years since receiving my last visa and so I had forgotten about this particular niche of Colombian bureaucracy which is a jab-cross punch combination to anyone’s sanity. As per usual, the process at the visa office was fairly...

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