Saving South America´s best for last: The Galapagos Islands, Columbia and setting sail on the Carribean June 4th 2008 Well g´day,
After more than 4 months of mountains, beaches, rainforrests, tropical savana´s and ancient civilisations we have finally said farewell to South America. With so many highlights behinds us including Patagonia, Iguazu falls, Rio de Janerio, the Altiplano and Machu Picchu it would have been easy to forgive South America if our last month wasn´t quite as highlight filled but instead ... read more
South America » Colombia » Cartagena 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