SDC10479

HOOKERS AND HUMIDITY

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July 5th 2009
The bus ride to Cartagena was less than comfortable . Although it was only a short trip four hours, I had picked the wrong place to sit i jumped in the back seat and the leg room was not big enough for a child. Once I arrived in cartagena I found that there was a place hotter than santa marta. The humidity was nearly unbearable I was dying for a shower. The bus dropped me out the front of a hos ... read more

South America » Colombia » Cartagena

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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