Crack Smuggling Teddy Bear

One of the numerous military stops. This time we met them on the 6-hour dirt road to San Augustin where we were already frustrated having to move at about 20km/hour, but they insisted to search our bags. They were probably just looking for some conversation because they are a bit bored these days (no guerillas around). Was quite a laugh, though, when they found Teddy in Liba´s bag and started passing him around suspiciously and sniffing him for cocaine. We think there was even talk of cutting him open at one stage!

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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