I am almost more interested in the parts of "Call You When I Land" I disliked than the parts I enjoyed. And they are inextricably linked.
Nikki Vargas' memoir, organized around the travel writer/editor's memorable trips, offers fascinating/maddening glimpses into the mind of a person who does not
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Photo Illustration by Erin O’Flynn/The Daily Beast/Getty Images and Courtesy of Nikki VargasThe following is an excerpt from author and travel editor Nikki Vargas’ new book, Call You When I Land, out Nov. 7 via Hanover Square Press.I’ve never been to this part of Bogotá before. I’m somewhere on the outskirts of the city, where the neighborhood streets are dirty and dusty, covered with a layer of beige soot that kicks up each time the wind blows. The sidewalks are empty, the doorways are darkened
Colombian travel writer Nikki Vargas grew up with horror stories about FARC, including the alleged murder of her great-aunt. She returned to Bogotá to confront her “big bad wolf.”