another side to Cartagena

Pirates of the Carribean

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June 16th 2007
Our overland truck was still not with us with us. It was currently taking a significant detour through the backroads of Colombia, avoiding known blackspots where vehicles have been held up by bandits, and avoiding the areas where guerillas were potentially active. It would catch up with us in a few days time. In the meantime, we took another flight to the city of Cartagena, on the north coast. (To ... 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