Dead Meat

We were advised (somewhat falsely) by the Colombian Embassy in Venezuela to drive without stopping through the first 300km in Colombia (due to dangerous assualts and possibly guerilla encounters), so we pushed that little red Ferrari of ours to its limits (80km/h) and made it all the way to Santa Marta without stopping, except for important things like buying compulsory car insurance and taking a photo of this little kid on his way home to cook his freshly snatched iguana, which he said he killed by throwing a stone at it.

Come to Colombia!

July 29th 2007
Colombia was one big surprise. After hearing all the terrible, horrifying stories about Colombia from the Venezuelans and Brazilians, we prepared ourselves to drive through Colombia in as little time as possible. We were pretty excited to leave Venezuela and Chavez behind, but were also worried about what would happen to us in this country that has such a bad name, and which is so full of crimi ... read more

South America » Colombia » Pasto

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

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