Day 11 - Cartegena Walled City

Cartegena

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August 27th 2008
Geo: 10.4137, -75.5336I was up a little earlier today and went out on the verandah to read. We were due into Cartagena around 8:00 so I was surprised that there wasn't any land visible. Around 7:30 I went up to deck 10 to see if there was land on the other side of the ship. There wasn't any but, guess what....it was raining when I got up there. I went back down to the room and Nikki ... 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