Russell Maddicks
- Gender: Male
- Industry: Communications or Media
- Location: Caversham : United Kingdom
About Me
After 12 years of adventuring in Venezuela I came back to try my luck in the UK. Although I try to visit Venezuela as often as I can it does tug at my heart strings some nights that I am too far from Choroni to hear the tambores on the malecon. Fortunately my job as a journalist in England allows me to follow Venezuelan and Latin American developments and keep my Spanish up to scratch. The UK is also a good place to do research and meet other like-minded Latin-America-philes for proper rum and salsa sessions.
Interests
- Venezuela
- Los Roques
- El Avila
- Merida
- Roraima
- La Gran Sabana
- Margarita
- Caracas
- Morrocoy
- Mochima
- Santa Fe
- Caripe
- Cueva del Guacharo
- San Francisco de Yare
- Cubagua
- Coche
- Los Llanos
- Sinamaica
- Canaima
- Angel Falls
- Choroni
- Chuao
- Puerto Maya
- Colonia Tovar
- Tepuyes
- Delta
- Orinoco
- Rio Caura
- I'm a keen walker and I love to get outdoors
- either hiking up a mountain trail or exploring hard to reach beaches. Cinema is another passion
- and I try to keep up with the latest movies from Spain and Latin America. My other hobby is collecting books on Venezuela - especially literature and natural history - the 19th and 20th century explorers who wrote such breathless accounts of their adventures -and anything related to travel.
Favorite Movies
- Amores Perros
- Scarface
- In the Mood for Love
- Oldboy
- The Emerald Forest
- Tokyo Paraguaipoa
- Sin City
- Un Chien Andalou
- Nueve Reinas
- Rosario Tijeras
- Los Olvidados
- Apocalypse Now
- Pulp Fiction
- Alien
- La Balandra Isabel Llego Esta Tarde
- Raging Bull
- Yo Hablo A Caracas
- Animal House
- Sexo y Lucia
- The Last King of Scotland
- Atame
- 21 Grams
- The Motorcycle Diaries
- Taxi Driver
- For a Few Dollars More
- 300
- Kill Bill
- Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Favorite Music
- Babasonicos
- Calexico
- Happy Mondays
- Zapato 3
- Prince Buster
- Babylon Motorhome
- Aterciopelados
- Lee Scratch Perry
- Hector Lavoe
- K'Naan
- Gustavo Dudamel
- Molotov
- Miles Davis
- Amigos Invisibles
- Orishas
- The Specials
- Dimension Latina
- Senor Coconut
- Damien Marley
- Soda Stereo
- Bob Marley
- Simon Diaz
- Desorden Publico
- Zapato 3
- Oscar D'Leon
- John Lee Hooker
- Manu Chao
- El Carrao de Palmarito
- Celia Cruz
- Fulanito
- James Brown
- Juanes
- Billy Holiday
- The Clash
- Ismael Rivera
- Amparanoia
- ska
- reggaeton
- musica llanera
- salsa
- rock en español
- Blues
- joropo
- Los Buitres
Favorite Books
- The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
- Peor Que Tu
- The Dolphin People
- Rosario Tijeras
- Animal Farm
- In Patagonia
- Honey and Ashes
- Measuring the World
- Wilt
- In Trouble Again
- Canaima
- Money
- Illuminatus
- The Bradt Guide to Venezuela
- Thus Spake Zarathustra
- Los Pasos Perdidos
- The Raw and the Cooked
- El General en Su laberinto
My Blogs |
Team Members |
| In Humboldt's Footsteps | |
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| Venezuelan Food and Drinks | |
| Venezuelan Music | |
| Venezuelan Indian |
