Reminiscing on the eve of 10 years since I set foot in Colombia.
Category: colombia
R.I.P. Christopher Kavanagh, ‘The Mick’
In memory of Christopher Kavanagh (1955-2024), my first mentor in Latin America.
Monster Import-Export Scam in Colombia
Detailing a common import-export scheme in Latin America that uses customs and clearance regulation to inflate costs and even steal assets. In this case, monster trucks in Colombia.
The Time I Met Alfonso Plazas Vega in Bogota
Alternate Title: A Look at the Shadetree U.S. Visa Industry, and the time I met a controversial military commander in prison.
How NOT to Curb Sex Tourism in Medellin
How to improve the ineffective messaging in a letter posted around Medellin condemning sex tourism or mass tourism (it’s not clear).
When Readers Attack! ‘All Yall Know to Do is Judge and be Racist’
I take to task a poorly educated reader who mischaracterizes several aspects of American culture in a futile attempt to defend Colombian food.
Expat Chronicles 