Category City
Bogotá turns into a landfill!
The result of a 1-week halt of the rubbish collection service What you see here is the result of the Bogotá mayor’s decision to ditch private companies (which used to be the status quo), and switch to using the Water Service Department instead for waste collection. It was all because of his leftist vision (rightly or […]
Bogotá Living Conditions
So, we have finally found a place to live!! (Still temporary, but no longer at the parents.) Now I find myself at odds with the Northern part of the city, in Parque 93, where there are more SUVs than motorcycles, more Louis Vuittons than Zaras, and more bars and clubs than I can possibly hope […]
Fine Art hits Colombia!
Going into the exhibition with the expectation that I would see a whole load of fine art bullshit, with reference to my bad Tillmans experience at the Serpentine in London 2 years ago, I was pleasantly surprised at Bogotá’s success in taking flight to join the international art scene with her world-class exhibitions. Before going to […]
Christmas Gathering in a Garage
Since Christmas is such a big deal here, we started celebrating 2 weeks ago. (The truth was because Mario’s sister wouldn’t be here for Christmas so we had to celebrate in advance.) We were invited to her house for dinner. She said it was a tradition to gather family and friends around for a simple […]
Wu Gui in Colombia
Having been in the desert of Chinese species for 1.5 months, figured that I should start looking for one of my kind. The plan was to go to the ‘Centro Cultural Colombo-Chino’ to find out about other Chinese in the city, what’s going on and the channel through which I can ‘reach out’.. So as […]
Colombian Infrastructure
As you previously read in my other post, you’d know that Colombian roads’ quality isn’t that good. Apart from poor quality, you also have a very low quantity. Colombia’s network of roads is not something that people boast about actually. It can be hard to imagine how big Colombia is, so there we go – […]
Latin American Sashimi!
Causa – in Incan, means ‘Kausaq’, “that which gives life.” salad on top of potato mash served like little soldiers with quail eggs in gormet style A mixed cerviche with sea bass, octopus, squid and shrimps Tuna Tiradito It was an abstract notion when I dined at La Mar, when I found out that the main options […]
The Colombian Police
Los Antimoltines The predicament of keeping Colombians safe. The paradox between wishing to have a psychological oppressive presence and dissipate a reassuring sense of safety. The objectification of a history of violence and aggression. To me, this looks like a battlefield tank (the shortening effect of the photo makes the vehicle look smaller, but it’s actually as […]
Irishness
Every country has to have Irish immigrants and Colombia is no exception! And the pubs they (or the Irish pretending developers) open tend to be so successful that they often have a few branches. The Pub in Bogotá has 2 branches. I didn’t come across anyone with an Irish accent but the whole place was […]
Uniforms
Households that are middle class or above tend to have maids at home. These maids are also Colombians (unlike the foreign labour in HK) who come to your house as early as 7am in the morning for housework. The difference is that Colombia seems to be highly regulated and the law stipulates that every […]
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