Leaving Belem pt 2
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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 par... [read more]
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 par... [read more] Blog: Brazil Continues: Into the Amazon
Date: March 28th 2008
Heading on down to the docks in Belem, we spent an appreciable amount of time hanging around amidst the constant smell of bananas, (although not as long as the guys who had gone down in the morning to try, with no avail, to save us all hammock spaces) before eventually boarding the ship that would be our home for the next 5-6 days. Already bustling, the rush was to find good hammock locations as t ... read more
Date: March 28th 2008
Heading on down to the docks in Belem, we spent an appreciable amount of time hanging around amidst the constant smell of bananas, (although not as long as the guys who had gone down in the morning to try, with no avail, to save us all hammock spaces) before eventually boarding the ship that would be our home for the next 5-6 days. Already bustling, the rush was to find good hammock locations as t ... read more
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Right...so after much deliberation and navel gazing I have decided to get my arse in gear and continue with my exploration of the Americas. From Sept 2007 to Mar 2008 I will be travelling from Mexico all the way down the west coast of South America to Tierra del Fuego and back up the east coast then along the Amazon and up to Venezuela. My story starts here....... full info
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