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The land and fluvial route to Puerto Carreño in Colombia's Vichada department is fairly arduous and expensive. But it's just about worth it.For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2026/10/visiting-vichada-meta-river-way.html.#Vichada #PuertoCarreño #PuertoGaitán #MetaRiver #Orinoco #CerroDeLaBandera #Colombia

Jairo Manuel Avilés Martínez's brutal, fatal stabbing in Bogotá's Santandercito barrio was shocking, even by Colombia's gruesome bloodletting standards.For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2026/09/santandercitos-senseless-slaughter.html.#Santandercito #Bogotá #stabbing #slaughter #homicide #murder #TrueCrime #vegetarian

The way some of Colombia's language-learning institutes hold exams leaves them open to cheating. It's a system that encourages malpractice. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2026/09/colombias-passive-examination-system.html.#englishassecondlanguage #EnglishLearning #EnglishExam #Colombia #ExamFraud #cheating #PlayingTheSystem

A few beers at the local tienda is one of the most affordable socialising activities one can do in Colombia. It's probably not best practice to go there every day, though.For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2026/09/colombias-tienda-trap.html.#TiendaBar #Bogotá #Colombia #beer #CheapBeer #Costeña

Some of the questions on the BBC's Disability Questionnaire require more than a simple 'yes' or 'no' answer, but there's no scope to do so.For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2026/08/i-am-neurodivergent-but-of-course.html.#neurodivergent #disability #JobApplication #DEI #BBC #DisabilityQuestionnaire

Ireland's summer sun sometimes helps to provide bright moments in one's life. The joy is fleeting, though.For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2026/07/little-joy-from-west-of-irelands-summer.html.#Ireland #WestOfIreland #WoodlandsOfLoughglynn #Lisacul #LittleJoy #SummerSun #SummerInIreland #summer

Paramilitaries, known as paracos, conduct their affairs with impunity in the far north of Bogotá, as they do across Colombia.For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2026/06/mingling-with-colombias-killers.html.*AGC, the initials in the thumbnail image, stands for Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia, aka Clan del Golfo. It's Colombia's largest paramilitary group. For some background on those paracos, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_del_Golfo. #Bogotá #Santandercito #paracos #paramilitaries #ColombiasKillers #Colombia

Life in Colombia oftentimes feels a little surreal for Brendan 'Wrong Way' Corrigan. But this surrealism isn't sustainable. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2026/06/captivated-by-colombias-magical.html.#Colombia #MagicalRealism #surrealism #independence #acting #blogging

Few of Bogotá's barrios populares can be described as tranquil, but Santandercito in the far north does have a quieter side — at times.For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-surprising-side-to-bogotas-boisterous.html.#Santandercito #Bogotá #NoisePollution #QuietSide #sanctuary #Colombia

Part three of our highlights of James Boswell's seminal biography of the eighteenth-century giant of English literature, Dr Samuel Johnson.Part one: https://spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/p3AA29Zql2bPart two: https://spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/pmbrftnRz2bFor the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2026/04/quotes-and-notes-on-james-boswells-life_30.html.#SamuelJohnson #DrJohnson #JamesBoswell #EdmundBurke #biography #literature #EnglishLiterature #GoldDiggers

Part two of a taste of the wit and wisdom to be found in Boswell's biography of the legendary 18th-century English writer Dr Samuel Johnson. Part one is at https://open.spotify.com/episode/1lhToOu2qKG5VMbykurfqa?si=RBsH2OW4RUWfHIqIvOuCxA.For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2026/04/quotes-and-notes-on-james-boswells-life_23.html.#SamuelJohnson #DrJohnson #JamesBoswell #biography #literature #England #Ireland #Scotland

James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson left such an impression on me that I've felt compelled to share my highlights from this pioneering biography. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2026/04/quotes-and-notes-on-james-boswells-life.html.#SamuelJohnson #DrJohnson #JamesBoswell #biography #literature

Some people are better at influencing than others. And, despite what some think, not all of these influencers are disingenuous.For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2026/03/market-influencers.html.#influencer #marketers #marketing #MarketInfluencers

A visit to Colombia's Vichada department is more about the journey than the destination. So Brendan 'Wrong Way' Corrigan is telling himself anyway.For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2026/03/vichada-vacillation.html.#Vichada #PuertoCarreño #LaPrimavera #Meta #PuertoGaitán #Manacacías #Orinoco #Colombia

While not completely averse to works of fiction, our narrator finds more comfort in reading works of nonfiction.For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2026/02/a-nonfiction-addiction.html.#nonfiction #fiction #reading #literature