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Cartagena, Colombia (Jan. 3-5, 2018)

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January 4th 2018
Took the night bus to Cartagena from Medellin the day after the New Year. It was a beautiful scenic ride. I spend a good amount of time looking for my hostel. Enduring the sweltering Caribbean heat. I eventually found the hostel and checked in in my sweat soaked shirt. The place was nothing like I'd expected. It look more like a family home than a hostel. It was dark. The entry merged into the liv ... 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