BBC has got an interesting photo story on both the positive and negative aspects of migration to Spain by villagers from a small community near Cochabamba. Click on the image…

Click on picture to see photos of the Week of Action for Trade Justice in Bolivia.

I can’t promise that it will remain the title, but I have decided for now to call this blog "Open veins" after reading Eduardo Galeano’s classic book "Open veins of…

Found a good quote today in Margaret Atwood’s "Blind assassin" which I think has some relevance to the phenomenon of blogging. The protagonist, Iris Chase is musing as to why…

I have built another blog for Bolivia to keep my travelling stories separate. You can still access them either by using the link on the left "Latin America tales" under…

If you are reading stuff on this blog (and I hope some are), why not post a comment at the end of any of the pieces. Just click on ‘Comments’…

Before I jetted across the world and was living in Brixton, I had another way of traveling. It involved walking down the hill skirting around endless kebab and second-hand furniture…

At the Copa, Copacabana, The hottest spot north of Havana At the Copa, CopacabanaMusic and passion were always in fashionAt the Copa….they fell in love. Well, here I am next…

Photos from travels in Brazil. Click on photo to open up gallery