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Will the real Bogotá please stand up
posted about 1 year ago by colgringo | 0 comments
The syndicated show "What's My Line" ran on TVs in the USA in the 1950's and 60's. I remember the line at the end of, "Will the real ????, please stand up."
When I read travel stories or see some reports about Bogotá, Colombia. I wonder if you ca...
When I read travel stories or see some reports about Bogotá, Colombia. I wonder if you ca...
Stay Away From The Gringos
posted about 1 year ago by colgringo | 2 comments
My step-daughter has a good job, is single, is multilingual and enjoys travel. She decided that Turkey would be the next country for her to explore and she applied for the visa to go there.
Her passport of course is Colombian. That is not always...
Her passport of course is Colombian. That is not always...
Dead Dead Dead
posted about 1 year ago by colgringo | 2 comments
Last night as we walked to the mass transportation system to go home screaming erupted behind my wife and I. My wife started freaking. I could not understand everything. She translated. A group of thugs had robbed a man. We watched as they ran awa...
The Stitch and Bitch
posted about 1 year ago, updated 3 minutes later by colgringo | 1 comment
Ahead we saw the six women standing around with the small plastic cup of coffee in their hand. There were of course purchasing from the corner tinto salesman, or in this case the tinto saleswoman.
I am a fan of these tinto sales people. They are...
I am a fan of these tinto sales people. They are...
How Much to Pay Congress?
posted about 1 year ago by colgringo | 3 comments
One of those "pissed-off let's change things" chain Emails written in Spanish arrived to the inbox of a friend of mine. He showed it to me. There were many points in it concerning the difference between the have's and the have not's in Colombia. T...
The Two Sides of Bogota and U.S. Aid
posted about 1 year ago by colgringo | 2 comments
Just How Democratic Are We
posted about 1 year ago, updated 2 minutes later by colgringo | 2 comments
The Economist Intelligence Unit (I know after reading some of the articles in the magazine it seems like an oxymoron) released the Democracy Index for 2010. As the paper stated, "The index provides a snapshot of the state of democracy worldwide......
Different Strokes for Different Folks
posted about 1 year ago by colgringo | 4 comments
Perhaps if I had ever been a sports watching aficionado instead of participant this might make sense to me. And I do realize that not being such a person puts me in the minority of males in the world.
It is a huge screen. There are at least 500 p...
It is a huge screen. There are at least 500 p...
Scopolamine Part II
posted about 1 year ago by colgringo | 1 comment
scopolamine
