Early morning in Cabo de la Vela

The North of the South: Punta Gallinas

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August 25th 2012
After beginning my travels this year in the wilds of Patagonia, staring out over the heads of the waddling penguins on the windswept shores of the Straits of Magellan, far down in the south of this expansive continent, I have finally found a sense of completion after having stood upon the northern most point of South America. <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Punta Gallinas is ... read more

South America » Colombia » La Guajira » Punta Gallinas

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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