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The Coast

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December 15th 2009
I spent about 3 weeks running up and down the coast, and it was crazy, crazy, crazy, but I will try to just give you a quick recap and let the pics do the talking. I flew to Cartegena and grabbed a cab to my cs host Erv’s house. She was a French, sassy, babe living in a really nice condo 10 minutes walking from the old center (maybe 20). Erv always kept her home open to couch surfers and there ... 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