Touch Wood
We’re very lucky to be living on a boat and being able to experience such beautiful places as Cartagena. “Touch wood” we’ll carry on doing it for a while yet. My American friends would have said...
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Deep Holes And Echo’s From The Past
I was sitting on deck the other morning when I spotted what looked like a giant oil rig moving across the bay. It turned out to be ‘Atwood Advantage’ one of the worlds biggest deep sea...
Where They’ve Been, What They’ve Seen
One of the many things I love about Cartagena is the constant activity in the harbour. As has been the case for thousands of years ships of all shapes and sizes come and go day and...
The Sea Of Music
Last time out I finished with mention of La Mar de Músicas Festivale (The Sea of Music Festival) that’s been running all week here in Cartagena. The week’s not quite over yet but for us the...
The Virgin and a Politician on the Bongos
7 am Sunday morning. A loud bang wakes me. A minute later there’s another. By the time the fifth one echoes around the harbour I’m on deck. I look towards the fishing port and see a...
Unfaked News
This is not a political blog. It’s a blog about my life, my thoughts, my views. My writing is self-indulgent and I make no apology for that. I write what I need to write. If my...
Ships & The Night
Even after nearly nine months here Cartagena continues to delight and amaze. I’ll try and give you a taste of what passed this last week. It’s no exaggeration to say that hardly a day goes by...
Miscellany Weeks
I’m reading a fascinating book at the moment. It’s called ‘The Power of Time Perception’ and it’s written by Jean Paul Zogby. One of the many intriguing things it examines is why time seems to fly faster as...
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