Tag Archives: FARC

Dear FARC, please don’t over-react!

Posted on 2015-12-16 by

In a few months, I might walk through the Colombian jungle. Besides snakes, alligators and mosquitoes, the other danger lurks from the rebel group FARC, who have a tendency to over-react when they encounter foreigners in territory that they control or fight … Continue reading →

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Peace in Colombia? Just in time!

Posted on 2015-09-25 by

In January or February 2016, I will be somewhere on the Amazon river, on a boat, sailing upstream, deeper into the jungle. I will be on the way to one of the many tributary rivers of the Amazon, and chance … Continue reading →

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