The cruise ships have landed. Older folks all, a few in their 70's, but most, probably in their 80's. They tramp through the humid streets of Cartagena's old city, where minutes into any walk your clothing becomes soaked with sweat. I'm sitting in Parque de Bolivar watching locals feed corn kernels to pigeons, while Ellen walks the streets, looking for that perfect restaurant for tonight's dinner. The cruise ship people, one group after anot...

They're not juicy like you'd expect, wings gone to the roasting pan. All you're left with is the head, thorax and abdomen. Flying ants, a centimetre long, smothered in gravy, sitting atop filet mignon and chicken. I gave them a look, choked back a gag, then dove in. Ellen never really got past the concept and left half of her's. For me they were like crunchy little nuts, an aftertaste like coffee grounds. Restaurante Color de Hormiga specializes i...

In 1983, Colombian drug lord, Pablo Escobar was ranked 7th on Forbes magazine's richest men in the world list. It was estimated that his personal worth was over US20 billion. In the early '90s a U.S. funded 1,500 man special unit spent 499 days tracking Escobar down. In 1993 he was found and shot dead while trying to escape on a Medellin rooftop. Today, things have supposedly changed much for the better in Colombia under the government of right-winger, Al...

When the weather's warm you’ll often catch glimpse of a mosquito buzzing around your head, legs or bare arms, looking for a spot to land. You watch it buzz. You know if you lose sight of it it’ll pick a spot, land ever so softly and feed.The man standing between Ellen and I looked a little like a balding Ward Cleaver from Leave it to Beaver. He had a rain jacket draped over his arm. As the subway came to a stop, the man started pushing past me tow...