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Have you ever been watching the news and felt the urge to travel to a place that is making headlines? Witnessing the newsworthy gives a completely different perspective than two-dimensional television. Unfortunately, if you’re not a local, foreign correspondents are usually the lucky few who experience the vogue destinations. Unless you’re wealthy, you cannot afford to buy the first ticket for Timbuktu.
Instead, you can now come to www.sethfromsomewhere.com! I am starting a new series that covers the travel situation in the places you hear about from the BBC World Service. I will continue to focus on the Hispanic world but will branch out to other parts of the world. So the next time you are watching the news with your mother and say, “I want to go there!” you will have evidence to refute her claims that Colombia is a dangerous country full of narco-traffickers and leftist rebels.
