Category: Vol. II Searching for treasures

  • Beyond de border

    The weekend niece. from the book, Searching for treasures      Feeling free of worries and responsibilities, he was happy to have it as far as Armenia. He went into a restaurant, captivated by the delicious aromas he encountered passing by in front of it. While he was waiting for his meal, he took out…

  • The flavors of different types of coffee

    The weekend niece. from the book, Searching for treasures      There were only two possibilities. Either head north or head south. Nothing could be easier. To the north, he would encounter a problem. The highway was interrupted between Colombia and Panama. The break in the highway was known as the Dorien Gap. Besides, he…

  • In just a few words

    The weekend niece. from the book, Searching for treasures      There were only two possibilities. Either head north or head south. Nothing could be easier. To the north, he would encounter a problem. The highway was interrupted between Colombia and Panama. The break in the highway was known as the Dorien Gap. Besides, he…

  • The southbound roads

    The weekend niece. from the book, Searching for treasures      He woke before the crack of dawn and was out of bed before the sun had risen to bathe the world with its daily splendor. In that pale light of a new day, Oscar left the farm, with a dream and a new life…

  • Plans for a new life

    The weekend niece. from the book, Searching for treasures      He spent a few years, formally, in charge of the coffee farm, though for many years before, he had been managing it informally. Since he was a young boy, he had begun to work for the town’s veterinarian, Andres Valencia, respected by all in…

  • Partners in the mischief

    The weekend niece. from the book, Searching for treasures  That was how in the Barichara farm, Dora found in her grandparents, two cold and conventionally adult persons that lacked all knowledge of what it meant to be grandparents, and without the least interest in entering into the fragile, broken world of their granddaughter. Dora was…

  • In the search for a bit of affection

    The weekend niece. from the book, Searching for treasures      The grandparents got married because they had reached the age to do it. And also, because everyone agreed that they made a good match. In that adult world where they got around so comfortably, both weighed the advantages and the disadvantages of their union…

  • Grownup since their childhood days

    The weekend niece. from the book, Searching for treasures      Seen from the perspective a such a young girl, her grandparents were gloomy and bleak, at least that was her perception. They seemed to be coated with an inflexible determination and barely prone to display affection toward her. But, they surely were rigorously strict…

  • Contemplating the landscapes of a brief life

    The weekend niece. from the book, Searching for treasures      It didn’t matter if it was for lunch or breakfast, Dora would happily stop for a bite of something delicious at Los Gemelos, the roadside café at the halfway point of the trip. And for her, that moment represented much more than a mere…

  • Riding the edge of the abyss

    The weekend niece. from the book, Searching for treasures      As time went by, she began to listen to the rumors spread through the city. They insinuated; they said that at nights, Juan Gonzalo Arango forgot his role as a father, spending his nights in those crowded bars of the downtown district. In the…