Parque Nacional Tayrona

Colombia

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December 8th 2005
My flight from Quito to Cartagena, Colombia, had a 5 hour stopover in Panama City. A friend had sent my Lonely Planet Central America to the post office in Panama so i thought the stopover might be a good chance to collect it. After being told that I wouldn't have to pay to leave the Panamanian airport for a couple of hours I thought "cool!" and commenced trying to get out of the place. This a ... read more

South America » Colombia

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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