http://matadortravel.com/taxonomy/term/2234/0 en http://matadortravel.com/travel-blog/panama/ricardo-emp/back-to-the-bog <!-- google_ad_section_start --><p>Right, back in Bogota, trying to find an appartment and fight off the cold that somehow gets into my bones here. It is something about the wind that rolls down the mountain and the rain that falls to sodden my feet only when it is that I need to venture outside. I guess I am going to move uptown a bit...</p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><p><a href="http://matadortravel.com/travel-blog/panama/ricardo-emp/back-to-the-bog">read more</a></p> http://matadortravel.com/travel-blog/panama/ricardo-emp/back-to-the-bog#comment 8.994269 -79.518792 8.994269 -79.518792 8.994269 -79.518792 colombia journalism Other Panama president Hugo Chavez Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:49:35 -0500 ricardo_emp 84208 at http://matadortravel.com http://matadortravel.com/travel-blog/united-states/raychilm/day-one <!-- google_ad_section_start -->I have been thinking about it all my life.<p>I have studied and read, worked and played, laughed and cried my way through 28 years.</p><p>Today is day one.</p><p>The first day of me following my dream.</p><p>I am determined to succeed.</p><p>I have something to offer.</p><p>It is unique and intriguing and exciting and beautiful.</p><p>Amazing...</p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><p><a href="http://matadortravel.com/travel-blog/united-states/raychilm/day-one">read more</a></p> http://matadortravel.com/travel-blog/united-states/raychilm/day-one#comment 33.051766 -117.260930 33.051766 -117.260930 33.051766 -117.260930 fullfillment Inspiration journalism Other photography travel goals Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:10:51 -0500 raychilm 80838 at http://matadortravel.com http://matadortravel.com/travel-blog/argentina/sebastiand/outscribes-never-stop-moving <!-- google_ad_section_start --><p>I have been a freelance writer for the better part of 10 years, and there is really nothing I would rather do.&nbsp; From Economist WTO forums in Beijing, changing over to the Euro in Estonia and the first female President of Argentina, I can can't or at least shouldn't complain, however, not knowing...</p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><p><a href="http://matadortravel.com/travel-blog/argentina/sebastiand/outscribes-never-stop-moving">read more</a></p> http://matadortravel.com/travel-blog/argentina/sebastiand/outscribes-never-stop-moving#comment copywriter freelance jobs journalism Other websites writers Writing Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:27:58 -0500 SebastianD 67340 at http://matadortravel.com http://matadortravel.com/travel-blog/ghana/lorna-north/working-as-a-british-journalist-in-ghana <!-- google_ad_section_start --><p class="ecmsonormal1">June, 2007</p> <p class="ecmsonormal1"></p> <p class="ecmsonormal1">&nbsp;</p> <p class="ecmsonormal1">I bought a rusty umbrella from a street seller the other day that was probably once owned by a lolly pop lady from an English suburb.&nbsp; It is a beautiful piece of equipment with a plastic pink handle and protruding spokes that have the power to blind passers-by.&nbsp; My new...</p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><p><a href="http://matadortravel.com/travel-blog/ghana/lorna-north/working-as-a-british-journalist-in-ghana">read more</a></p> http://matadortravel.com/travel-blog/ghana/lorna-north/working-as-a-british-journalist-in-ghana#comment Authentic Cultural british ghana journalism Thu, 31 Jan 2008 06:36:37 -0600 Lorna North 61589 at http://matadortravel.com http://matadortravel.com/travel-blog/ghana/lorna-north/settling-into-accra-ghana <!-- google_ad_section_start --><p class="ecmsonormal1" align="center"></p> <p class="ecmsonormal1"></p> <p class="ecmsonormal1">May 2007</p> <p class="ecmsonormal1"></p> <p class="ecmsonormal1">As I near the one month mile stone of my stay in Ghana I thought the time was ripe to deliver the first instalment of my trip.&nbsp; Looking back on the build up to my departure to this slightly insane country, it’s safe to say I was a bit too...</p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><p><a href="http://matadortravel.com/travel-blog/ghana/lorna-north/settling-into-accra-ghana">read more</a></p> http://matadortravel.com/travel-blog/ghana/lorna-north/settling-into-accra-ghana#comment Authentic Cultural Interacting with locals Off the beaten path burkina faso ghana journalism mali togo Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:53:52 -0600 Lorna North 60585 at http://matadortravel.com http://matadortravel.com/travel-blog/south-africa/deva/stephanie-nolen-in-africa <!-- google_ad_section_start --><p class="MsoNormal">Stephanie Nolen is without a doubt one of my favourite<br /> journalists. Based in Johannesburg, she travels around Africa writing lengthy<br /> features not just about the latest humanitarian crises (though she covers those<br /> beautifully too), but also about the “good news” stories she uncovers: a<br /> seed-sharing...</p> <!-- google_ad_section_end --><p><a href="http://matadortravel.com/travel-blog/south-africa/deva/stephanie-nolen-in-africa">read more</a></p> http://matadortravel.com/travel-blog/south-africa/deva/stephanie-nolen-in-africa#comment -26.195100 28.033900 -26.195100 28.033900 -26.195100 28.033900 africa journalism Other South Africa Sat, 20 Oct 2007 11:21:19 -0500 deva 48133 at http://matadortravel.com