Reading Khulud's piece on being treated as an almost terrorist every time she travels I remembered my latest travel experience. … Read More»

Catalunya has voted against bullfights and, as of May, they will be illegal on one bit of Spanish soil. … Read More»

I have been living in a container camp at a petroleum well for the past 3 weeks. Two things I can say: it’s a boring place, and you have to be a girl for anyone to notice you. … Read More»

Internet access is playing hard to get today. Work has been intense but gratifying, but the heat is just melting me, and all the time I feel it turning me into cream cheese... … Read More»

We climb over the massive Eastern range, leaving the ever-growing urban Monster called Bogotà behind. The view is amazing. You think you’ve seen it all, after living so long here. … Read More»

I'm on a mission: I have to bring some countryside kids into terms with a big fat oil company. Easy, coz there's money. Hard, coz the kids understand much more than the oil company thinks they do. … Read More»

My Passions: horses, the sea, other people's worlds through books My Challenges: not crying over anything and everything, baking cakes … Read More»