Cartegena

All The Useless Things My Hands Have Done.

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March 27th 2007
A freaking jellyfish stung me on Sunday. It’s feels kind of like getting stung by a bee. Except underwater, and you don’t have that satisfying knowledge that it cost the bee his life to sting you. You know what Latin America has a lot of? No, not low wage laborers. Okay, some of those too. Trash. It really shocked me how much trash is everywhere when I first arrived. I try not to litter but I ... read more

South America » Colombia » Santa Marta

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Colombia was one of the three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Ecuador and Venezuela). A 40-year insurgent campaign to overthrow the Colombian Government escalated during the 1990s, undergirded in part... ... read more