For those of you old enough to remember, there used to be an airline called SABENA, Belgium’s national airline. It has long since fallen victim to modernization, heavy competition in the sector, and a variety of other factors, so Sabena is no more. But traveling with the airline … Read more...
Continue reading...A post or two ago I spoke about bus travel in South America. I boarded the bus from San Gil to Cucuta at around 2pm, and was looking forward to arriving at my host’s house in Cucuta at around 8pm. Wishful thinking. When you look at the … Read more...
Continue reading...“We’re posting you to Thailand,” the caller on the other end of the line said. It sounded like she was slightly relieved, ‘maybe’, she hoped, this would finally work out. ‘Yeah, whatever,’ was my silent response. This was the third such call in about as many months, and … Read more...
Continue reading...There are so many travel opportunities in Colombia. The only reason I ended up in San Gil instead of Cartagena was the desire to get to Venezuela, and San Gil was a convenient half-way point between Bogota and Cucuta. What I hadn’t realized about San Gil is that it … Read more...
Continue reading...It was coming to the end of my second year of study in Agriculture, and I was looking at what to do with myself after graduation. I was looking at job options, preferably some with an opportunity to travel. I’d completed a two-year journalism course previous to this, and I … Read more...
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