Christmas… I remember the season, all those seasons, all those years. I remember them; I remember the sparkling lights, the ornaments, the tree, the figures and the nativity. The food, the Colombian Natilla and buñuelos, the tamales, the morcilla. All the drinking. Those smells. All the… Read full post »

Dear Mrs

Statue of Liberty

Or do I have to call you by your French name? Statue de la Liberté

First, I will start this humble note but presenting you my respects. I have some presents here for you from Colombia I know you´d like them. Second,… Read full post »

Last year I wrote a piece about my feet, about the love that I have for them; about those things and places I´ve done and been to thanks to these two pieces of human features that allow me to move around and that I´ve came to appreciate a lot, and… Read full post »

By Michel Hodson

In February of 2009, I made my first visit to Colombia, near the beginning of my overland RTW adventure. This September, I went back for a couple months to see some parts of the country I didn't see last time through.

The difference… Read full post »

I´m seated in front of the computer facing a new dilemma; how to write this post and how to take this step that will disclose a part of my life that will help those following these installments understand my psyche. Understand why I am this dramatic and why does my… Read full post »

Santiago de Cali, Colombia, 28 December 2010

Hola Dad,

Last night I was invited to see a play at the local Jorge Isaacs´ Theater.  Since I am a passionate fan of theater plays myself I was delighted to go and see what they had to show to the local "caleños and caleñas".

        &… Read full post »

Though the bilateral relations between Colombia and United States have always been implied and recongnized by the international and regional community as not to be a relationship between equals, the 18 cables (there are still 2500 more) disclosed by wikileaks  so far have revealed… Read full post »

Black high-platform heels, strong thick ankles, soft shaved skin, Channel N5 perfume, surgical tape holding what´s between the legs and needs to be hidden; tight corset, velvet black hot pants,   red glittered lips, green eyes, long eyelashes (fake), long perfectly delineated… Read full post »

Today, facing my mother´s (apparently) poor memory of the past made me feel more frustrated than ever before in my entire lonely pathetic life. Today, I realized that this woman has a dark side that I don´t like. She made me remember those years when I was a little boy under… Read full post »

I found Open Salon back in August 11 2010 while searching for websites where journalists could blog about whatever they might feel like blogging. I made a simple  search on Google and found a writer who lead me here. I regret not remembering the writer but I remember that while… Read full post »

Mark Bear, a 53 year old scientist and researcher for MIT , who has been totally obsessed with the human brain, recently told forbes.com that he believes that "some forms of Autism and mental retardation may be treatable with drugs already existing on laboratory shelves"... enough information/… Read full post »

Executive Editor at Jossey-Bass, blogger and publishing market guru, Alan Rinzler, posted a very interesting installment for Forbes.com newsletter on what publishers are looking for writers to create today. If they want to capture some attention; series are the pot at the end of t… Read full post »

This is the translation for the video:

Woman: Colombia has today the larger biological biodiversity in the World  

Man: And it is one of the most privileged countries in mining and water resources

Man: In Colombia to whom a mining… Read full post »

 Down here there is no need for huge tall walls forbidding the locals to cross over the borders. Down here there is no need to build improvised rafts to explore the ocean in search of new opportunites and dreams of a better living. Down here there is no need for Land… Read full post »