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The Strange Fruit of Colombia

April 15, 2016 By Alan 10 Comments

The Strange Fruit of Colombia

Billie Holiday fans might already suspect that the fruit I have in mind is not the edible kind, but rather the variety borne of war and social upheaval. But let’s start with a few examples of the kind you can sink your teeth into, just to get the ball mango rolling. Looks Strange, Tastes Great! […]

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How did I get here?

February 16, 2016 By Alan 6 Comments

How did I get here?

How did I get here?  That’s a question I asked several weeks ago in my first post.  I gave a short answer at the time, indicating where here was (Chicago, IL, USA) and explaining that I’d been living in nine different countries over the past nine years.  But, as a few readers have pointed out, […]

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Si, señor!

February 4, 2016 By Alan 15 Comments

Si, señor!

“Si, señor!”  That’s what Colombians have been enthusiastically telling me since I landed in Bogota three days ago. And I love it! I think it says a lot about what kind of people they are: very respectful, very courteous, happy to be of service. And I haven’t felt unsafe a single time here, despite my […]

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Trip Planning (aka Plan Tripping)

January 8, 2016 By Alan 10 Comments

“Plan Tripping,” that’s what it should be called in my case. I’m terrible at it, in part because I very rarely travel, as explained in my last post. Since I’m always moving, I’ve gotten pretty good at planning that. But now, for once, I’m thinking about doing some honest-to-goodness traveling. My original plan was to […]

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First off…

December 24, 2015 By Alan 9 Comments

First off, I have to confess that the title of this blog is a misnomer. You see, I don’t actually travel much. I move. A lot. About once a year for the past nine years. In fact, I like to call what I do troving, a portmanteau combining “traveling” and “moving.” And now I’m about […]

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