I joined this super fun group of backpackers on my first night...a few Brits, a couple Aussies, a Canadian, and Frenchman...we partied Tayrona style at the camp, had a bonfire on the beach with a big group of Italians, went for a midnight swim, and then l

My photos from Parque Tayrona...an absolute backpackers´ jungle beach paradise

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September 3rd 2008
I spent a blissful 4 days and 3 nights in this national park on the northern coast of Colombia....just near the border with Venezuela and outside of the city of Santa Marta. It is an absolutely beautiful place that I enjoyed greatly for so many reasons. It is on the coast just a few hours from Cartagena. I took a 5 am bus from Cartagena to Santa Marta. I was supposed to get off the bus there and t ... read more

South America » Colombia » Medellin

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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