Walking the walls

Colombia - Cartagena

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March 2nd 2017
David here... An uneventful hour flight later and we were on the Caribbean coast in the city of Cartegena. The first thing that struck us was the heat. It was hot... much hotter than Bogota or Medellin where the altitude makes a massive difference to the climate. We walked out of the airport and were immediately accosted by taxi drivers, but we'd read that you should go to the taxi counter fir ... 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