OffMap Media
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Two investigative journalists biking through the Andes.
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Hi Bluesky! 👋

We’re OffMap Media - an independent journalism project by two reporters cycling through the Andes.

Expect notes from the field, photos, and stories from the road.

Learn more about us and read our latest Field Dispatch here: open.substack.com/pub/offmapme...
OffMap Media | Douwe | Substack
On-the-ground reporting, analysis, and storytelling from two investigative journalists cycling through South America. Click to read OffMap Media, a Substack publication. Launched 2 days ago.
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Your after-work read has landed | For this article we spent a week in the Colombian Andes to map out the good, the bad, and the ugly when tourism comes to town.

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FD #3: At Tourism's Fragile Frontier
Caught in the tourism wave, these remote villages in the Colombian Andes face the Faustian choice between promise and preservation.
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In Colombia, that’s code for criminal governance. Understandably, locals didn’t say much about who the other authority was, but the next day we came across ELN graffiti in an abandoned building on a small but important route connecting the Llanos to Cordillera Oriental
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Field Notes | Boyacá, Colombia| Cycling through the paramos on 64 (Socha-Sacama), we were warned off wild camping by local who told us that “police are not the only authority here.” 🪡 1/2
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Hi Bluesky! 👋

We’re OffMap Media - an independent journalism project by two reporters cycling through the Andes.

Expect notes from the field, photos, and stories from the road.

Learn more about us and read our latest Field Dispatch here: open.substack.com/pub/offmapme...
OffMap Media | Douwe | Substack
On-the-ground reporting, analysis, and storytelling from two investigative journalists cycling through South America. Click to read OffMap Media, a Substack publication. Launched 2 days ago.
open.substack.com