Tourists driving in Colombia is not common, but it happens. There are hire car centers in airports and locations around the major cities. The rules for tourists driving in Colombia are basic. You need a license issued in your country of origin. …

Personally I am not an Introvert( I am not a party animal either), but I know of a few bloggers who are, and it has me wondering, why introverts are great bloggers. This post is totally unscientific, I have no Uni. degrees or training in psychology, or any other medical…

February 21st. 2022, Australia is opening up for tourists again. If you’re thinking of coming on down and swimming with sharks, or cuddling a koala (and having it piss on your arm), you might want to consider the rules and check out the current political landscape. The message coming out…

It was late in the afternoon when Alvaro’s wife answered the door of the apartment (where she is employed as a housekeeper), to receive the tomatoes she had ordered from the store up the road. “I asked for tomatoes” she said, “you are delivering me strawberries” The delivery guy, who…

Who Is Gioconda Belli? Gioconda Belli is a Nicaraguan author and poet who joined the leftist Nicaraguan political group, Sandinista National Liberation Front in 1970 during the Somoza dictatorship era. Despite the privations she endured during the Somoza era, and later under the Sandinistas, she not only maintained, but enhanced her reputation as a…

Coming from a town which heralded the start of the worldwide phenomenon of the modern crop circle, reports of extra terrestrial beings will always grab my attention. So, while I believe there has been no reasonable explanation given for the UFO activity in the town I grew up in, I…

It has been awhile since I wrote anything on Medium. My mental state has been preoccupied with some of the numerous delights offered by things offline. Then, I log in to check out what’s been happening online and it is the same old crap. The “Huns” on Social Media. They mostly follow a pattern, “How…

Four countries mobilised ships, aircraft with Hi-tech sonar equipment, and deep ocean vehicles to search for 5 people in a 7 metre submersible wanting to join an exclusive group who have visited the Titanic's grave site 13,000 ft below the earths surface. Unfortunately those 5 are resting near the same…

He has been teaching in New York for many years, but his literary work is not as well known in Colombia as it is in other countries. He still has family in Barranquilla, and has been a guest at the Carnival of Arts in Barranquilla. The following story is not…