• Get your motor running…[22/50]

    Get your motor running…[22/50]

    I have taken one bus so far in South America, it was only for four hours between Cartagena and Santa Marta, and it sucked. The thought of traveling the next 6000-8000 KMS by bus to Santiago in Chile made my heart sink as there is nothing particularly adventurous nor romantic about the autobus. I was…

  • Keeping my nose clean on the Caribbean coast [21/50]

    Keeping my nose clean on the Caribbean coast [21/50]

    After spending three weeks in Bogota in a sprawling colonial – style house in the Chapinero district, I decided that my Spanish was workable enough to tackle this vast continent (well, I can communicate the important things, like ordering food and beer, but then it gets a tad complicated). And I must say, having cafés…

  • The rhythms of Bogota [20/50]

    The rhythms of Bogota [20/50]

    Bogota, the capital of Colombia, is a large modern metropolis of about eight million people that sits atop a mountain range of 2500 metres. Because of this, it has a cool, temperate climate, that is in stark contrast to the other, tropical parts of the country. I have been here for two weeks now, taking…

  • Berlin: where histories collide [19/50]

    Berlin: where histories collide [19/50]

    After I had left Spain, I went to Berlin for three days. I have been to Berlin on numerous occasions and indeed, my first trip to Berlin was only a couple of months after the fall of the Berlin Wall. I remember watching the wall being pushed over by the Berlin crowds on the television…

  • Barcelona: spank the architect [18/50]

    Barcelona: spank the architect [18/50]

    After walking the Camino Portugul, I flew from Santiago de Compostella to Barcelona where I spent a fantastic few days with a good friend, Xavi, that I met in Hampi in India a few years back. And after walking for such a long time, it was good to be in a city where walking is…

  • Walking Camino Portugal, Camino de Santiago de Compostella [17/50]

    Walking Camino Portugal, Camino de Santiago de Compostella [17/50]

    The Camino de Santiago (the Way of Saint James) is a pilgrimage in Southern Europe that begins in countries like France, Spain, Germany, England and Portugal and ends in Santiago de Compostella in Spain. Pilgrims take many different routes to walk the Camino, and some of these routes are over a thousand kilometres long and…