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Fri, 6 Jan 2006 | By bigfish | Views [1292]
I've strayed down to the sprawling, heaving mass of El Centro a couple of times now. The guide books will steer you to Del Prado as the more likely tourist spot in Barranquilla but if you like it down and dirty and the gringos thin on the ground then, ... Read more >
Tags: Shopping
Thu, 5 Jan 2006 | By bigfish | Views [1240]
To be fair to the Spaniards they did rebuild the place and put it under the command of a certain truculent Basque called Blas de Lezo.(See statue.) This was a horse of a different colour for poor old Vernon. This prickly bastard was 39 years at sea and ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Wed, 4 Jan 2006 | By bigfish | Views [1429]
This was a letter written by a sailor to his wife after the fall of Cartagena in 1739: "When I left you heaven knows it was with an aching heart to be hauled from you by a gang of ruffians but, however, I soon overcame that when I found that we ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Tue, 3 Jan 2006 | By bigfish | Views [8076]
This week has been something of a theme week. I've been to Cartagena de Indias which was very much a part of the Spanish main and the site of much swashbuckling and derring do. It is still home to the Colombian Navy, Armada de la Republica de Colombia,which ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Mon, 2 Jan 2006 | By bigfish | Views [988]
I gather however that Europe is undergoing some record breaking artic conditions. Well what a drag. The worst is probably saving itself for my return. In Atlantico it has been predictably hot. Scorchio. It's virtually unchanging at the moment. We might ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
Mon, 2 Jan 2006 | By bigfish | Views [983]
Well 2006 is upon us and the last Christmas lights are blinking tiredly and the street decorations wind-whipped and sun-bleached from their passage through a scorching December. There have been many, many parties over the holiday season starting with ... Read more >
Tags: Party time
Fri, 30 Dec 2005 | By bigfish | Views [930]
Happy Christmas etc:
Tags: Friends
Fri, 23 Dec 2005 | By bigfish | Views [2624] | Comments [1]
Well, just in time for those of you looking for a few pointers on adding a little variety to the Christmas cuisine, I've decided to make an attempt to broach the subject of food. Initially I made a few mistakes here on the food front. I offered to cook ... Read more >
Tags: Food & eating
Thu, 8 Dec 2005 | By bigfish | Views [1236] | Comments [1]
I think that it was Baudelaire, (correct me if I'm wrong here), who once described cats as "the insects of a lost world". I wonder what the bardlike frenchy would have made of Colombian riot police. These fellows have a covering top to toe of ... Read more >
Tags: People
Thu, 8 Dec 2005 | By bigfish | Views [2310]
After a day of sweaty chaos we arrived at the game barely on time. Carlos had arranged the tickets and there was no way he was going to let me back out of another game. Unlike the players I'd been wearing my generic, nylon, Junior away shirt all day, ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
Tue, 6 Dec 2005 | By bigfish | Views [2511]
Found this little fellow hanging upside-down in the bathroom. Persuaded Kelly to come to take a look and to tell me what it was. "Aiiiieeeee Largatija...." she squealed. I got out of the bathroom pretty quick, thinking by her reaction that it ... Read more >
Tags: Misadventures
Sat, 3 Dec 2005 | By bigfish | Views [1430]
On that fateful day we were nearly struck by the runaway bus the local football team, Barranquilla Junior were playing Cali. Junior Barranquilla are probably the best known and their stadium the most famous in Colombia. Carlos the upstairs neighbour asked ... Read more >
Tags: People
Wed, 30 Nov 2005 | By bigfish | Views [990]
I unexpectedly met up with a few old friends here: Candy floss and toffee apples. I chanced a toffee-apple despite the state of my teeth and it was perfect; a thin crisp sweet glaze over a cold sour apple. Priceless. A few of the tastes here have really ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Tue, 29 Nov 2005 | By bigfish | Views [1734]
Down on the beach it was hammock and food time. I didn't get around to a lot of swimming. The sea is more that a little treacherous around here as you might see by the number of lifeguards (salvavidas). They are the fellows with bright orange gear on ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
Tue, 29 Nov 2005 | By bigfish | Views [4081]
On Sunday we all decided that it was too hot and bothered to stay in Barranquilla. Six of us and two children hit the streets looking for a taxi. The group consisted of from left to right: Kelly,Rosemary,Johan,Katy,Tonia,and the children: Zhary and Dilan.... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
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