Holy Smokes!
No, this was not Tom's work! Apparently an electricity fault got this fire started at this small village by the beach. Whilst the locals were doing their best to control the fire, the tourists were just watching them as if this was the post-dinner entertainment. How typical. We were momentarily
impressed when we saw one tourist brave enough to get closer to the fire as if he was going to help, but then he just used one of the burning pieces of wood to light his cigarette, and then left to light the rest of his friend's cigarettes too!
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 
