It was my first trip to Chicago. Back in 1995. March, I think. Bone-bitingly cold. (Locals say they have only two seasons in ‘the windy city’: winter and construction season). A former girlfriend and I caught a train out to …
Morocco, 2006. The little red Golf hatchback had its share of rust and a cantankerous clutch. Nevertheless, it had seen Clare and me through a Saharan dust-storm, a rockslide in a thunderstorm, and long k’s in every direction. Late one …
Unfortunately, many an outsider thinks only bad news ever comes out of Colombia, South America. But, once you venture inside it, you may be surprised. Cartagena, a northern coastal port, is one of Colombia’s jewels. A UNESCO World Heritage city, …