Riohacha

Riohacha

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April 23rd 2011
I've been getting lazy of late... I stayed in Santa Marta for an extra day, which really could have been avoided if I'd pulled my finger out when I'd returned from the Lost City. Now I was leaving to go to Riohacha. One of the staff from the hostel suggested I should stop on the way at Palomino, a beautiful wild beach. Only it was 15 minutes walk from the road (with the rucksack) and I wasn't s ... read more

South America » Colombia » Riohacha

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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