I have no mobile bike (stationary doesn't count), so I must walk.
Time to shake out the stress-ghosts in this meat sack.
You know, some of my favorite content from you is when you show how Columbia is not some hell hole of criminal gangs, drugs, corruption.
Through your eyes we see people with the same values and aspirations as most people everywhere.
Families walking together, holding hands, little children dressed with loving care in bright colors. People making and appreciating art.
Being kind and respectful.
I think I'll take my old 3-speed out for a cruise around town in solidarity.
My second year here, I was stunned by a Guardian article describing a local protest as all about FARC - which seemed to be the only way Western news knew how to talk about Colombia.
The piece was ridiculous; local news plainly covered the concerns of students & workers worried about the gov't entering private-public contracts that would cut jobs, pension plan changes, & rising energy costs for middle-class homes.
But the idea that Colombians are just people seemed *so hard* to grasp.