Cartagena - Colonial Houses and Mansions

Colombia - Cartagena/Playa Blanca/Taganga/Tayrona/Palomino/Bogota

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June 2nd 2010
So we had decided to high-tail it to the Caribbean. On one of the bus legs there is a notoriously dangerous stretch of road from southern colombia to Cali. It is advised to take this route by day. We didn't really know this and took it overnight. Our bus arrived safely, but a week earlier a bus was hijacked by paying customers and driven into the jungle and held for 2 hours while the hijackers rob ... read more

South America » Colombia » Bogota

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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