Leaving Cartagena

10th December 2012 - 7th January 2013 (Entry 14)

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January 7th 2013
Road miles to date 22,190 With a few days to spare on Colombia's northern coast we packed up our gear and headed east to Santa Marta. Three hours of riding around the city looking for a room to stay revealed that we should have headed the advice to give the place a miss. Overheated and dishevelled we jacked in the search entirely and rode ten minutes up the coast to the small fishing villag ... 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