indigenous Vollage

The Lost City Trek

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November 14th 2009
Next we were off to Taganga, on the Caribbean coast where Dana got his dive certification and our starting point for the lost city trek. The Lost City is a recently discovered Tayrona ruin which lies deep in the jungle and closest road is a 3 day hike away. In 2002 some tourists were kidnapped from the site by the Colombian rebels, FARC, since then there are always 40 military personal statione ... read more

South America » Colombia

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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