When talking about the problem of refugees, we use dehumanised language, which reduces Human tragedy to numbers and statistics. But this suffering concerns real people, who – just like us - have families, loved ones, friends; their own stories, dreams, goals ... Only when you sit down opposite a specific person and look into their eyes, ...
2016-02-03 Popayan – Pasto

I woke up in the middle of the night because I was feeling a bit cold but stayed on my bench because I wanted to continue enjoying the unforgettable magic impressions from yesterday that were circulating in my brain. Impressions gone, time to get up because I had the feeling as well that today travelling, ...
Pacha Mama / Mother Earth / Mutter Erde / Mãe Terra / Madre Tierra / Pacha Mama
Pachamama is a goddess revered by the indigenous people of the Andes. She is also known as the Earth/time mother. In Inca mythology, Pachamama is a fertility goddess who presides over planting and harvesting, embodies the mountains, and causes earthquakes. She is also an ever-present and independent deity who has her own self-sufficient and creative power to sustain life on this Earth. The ...
2016-01-31 Pereira – Cali

I had met the Jehovah witnesses yesterday at their stand here at the bus terminal before they went home and I met the Jehovah witnesses this morning again. They are very present, very, very proactive helping other people, whatever helping means to them. I asked for the bus to Cerritos, the village just outside Pereira, ...
2016-01-29 Medellin – Pereira

My efforts to sleep yesterday were more or less successful; I must have been pretty tired from the nights before. Relying on reaching my planned destination had become a challenge since I depend on hitchhiking, since I depend on others basically but I have managed to reach my planned destination every day for the last ...
2016-01-27 Santa Fe de Antioquia – Medellin

I had found a truly interesting and historical place to sleep yesterday, the courtyard of an old Spanish cortijo which had become now the local hospital. I woke up with the impressions from yesterday, the scenic spectacular drive, the amazing family and the fact that I had made more than 400 kilometers in a day; ...
2016-01-24 Monteria

I changed one blue bench with another early this morning when the first passengers arrived at the terminal and it was getting busy and noisy. I recharged the battery and rested for another 2 hours. The service of the security and his concern for me was excellent, exactly when the battery was 100% charged he ...
2016-01-18 Cabo de la Vela – Riohacha

[videos file="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFHIqYB2ROQ" width="" height=""] My batteries had been dead since yesterday afternoon and I could not take pictures of the truck full of indigenous and the bull on the floor or of the sunset with the witnesses of Jehovah. I needed to recharge the battery and asked at the minimarket opposite our hut for a plug. ...