Monthly Archives: September 2024
SEPTEMBER 23, MONDAY
LETTING GO On every trip in the week before I leave I begin to let go. I am sitting in my house in Swannanoa, but something in me anticipates my being somewhere else, wondering in this case about Colombia, so
SEPTEMBER 23, MONDAY
LETTING GO On every trip in the week before I leave I begin to let go. I am sitting in my house in Swannanoa, but something in me anticipates my being somewhere else, wondering in this case about Colombia, so
SEPTEMBER 22, SUNDAY
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART In the afternoon I again walked with the huge Sunday crowds on Carrera 7 and took photographs. I met Sanchez the Tarot reader, age 79, who had printed out for me a listing of over the
SEPTEMBER 22, SUNDAY
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART In the afternoon I again walked with the huge Sunday crowds on Carrera 7 and took photographs. I met Sanchez the Tarot reader, age 79, who had printed out for me a listing of over the
SEPTEMBER 21, SATURDAY
CARRERA 7 On the weekend Carrera 7, the wide street with hawkers everywhere, is crowded with people. I don‘t know where the people come from. They can‘t all be living in the high rise apartment buildings where my apartment is.
SEPTEMBER 21, SATURDAY
CARRERA 7 On the weekend Carrera 7, the wide street with hawkers everywhere, is crowded with people. I don‘t know where the people come from. They can‘t all be living in the high rise apartment buildings where my apartment is.
SEPTEMBER 20, FRIDAY
CARRERA 7 A block and a half from Akros, the apartment building, where my Airbnb is on the 14th floor (if I read Google Maps right) is Carrera 7, a very wide street that is a pedestrian only street with
SEPTEMBER 20, FRIDAY
CARRERA 7 A block and a half from Akros, the apartment building, where my Airbnb is on the 14th floor (if I read Google Maps right) is Carrera 7, a very wide street that is a pedestrian only street with
SEPTEMBER 19, THURSDAY
ALONE Susie left at 4 in the morning, flying first to Miami, then Atlanta and finally Asheville where she arrived at 7 p.m. totally exhausted and then had trouble getting from the airport to my house by Uber. I spent
SEPTEMBER 19, THURSDAY
ALONE Susie left at 4 in the morning, flying first to Miami, then Atlanta and finally Asheville where she arrived at 7 p.m. totally exhausted and then had trouble getting from the airport to my house by Uber. I spent
SEPTEMBER 18, WEDNESDAY
SUSIE’S LAST DAY IN BOGATA We discovered yesterday evening that we had missed the Offering room in the Gold Museum and there was a breakfast place across from the museum that we wanted to try. So we walked the half
SEPTEMBER 18, WEDNESDAY
SUSIE’S LAST DAY IN BOGATA We discovered yesterday evening that we had missed the Offering room in the Gold Museum and there was a breakfast place across from the museum that we wanted to try. So we walked the half
SEPTEMBER 17, TUESDAY
DENTIST AND THE GOLD MUSEUM Today we went back to the Christina Suaza Déntica Clinic. Susie had her teeth deep cleaned for $90 and I had the stitches removed from the extracted tooth and bone graft I had ten days
SEPTEMBER 17, TUESDAY
DENTIST AND THE GOLD MUSEUM Today we went back to the Christina Suaza Déntica Clinic. Susie had her teeth deep cleaned for $90 and I had the stitches removed from the extracted tooth and bone graft I had ten days
SEPTEMBER 16, MONDAY
SALT CATHEDRAL One of the must see tourist sites in Bogata is the Salt Cathedral, an underground cathedral carved out of an old salt mine. Susie and I went today. Susie has a sense of direction, I have none, so
SEPTEMBER 16, MONDAY
SALT CATHEDRAL One of the must see tourist sites in Bogata is the Salt Cathedral, an underground cathedral carved out of an old salt mine. Susie and I went today. Susie has a sense of direction, I have none, so
SEPTEMBER 15, SUNDAY
We have been here almost three weeks. We read that it would be rainy and cold much of the time. Instead it hasn’t rained one day and while it is pleasantly cool at night, sweater weather, when we are out
SEPTEMBER 15, SUNDAY
We have been here almost three weeks. We read that it would be rainy and cold much of the time. Instead it hasn’t rained one day and while it is pleasantly cool at night, sweater weather, when we are out
SEPTEMBER 14, SATURDAY
BOGATA AGAIN Back in Bogata we feel at home again. We know where the markets are, we are learning how to make our way around the city, mainly by taxi, we can cook our own breakfast or buy cooked food
SEPTEMBER 14, SATURDAY
BOGATA AGAIN Back in Bogata we feel at home again. We know where the markets are, we are learning how to make our way around the city, mainly by taxi, we can cook our own breakfast or buy cooked food
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 