Bocagrande Beach

Colombia - Cartagena

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October 20th 2008
After a rough night sleep thanks to one of the guys in our dorm snoring and sounding like a motorbike, we said our goodbyes in Miami and got on our Avianca dlight to Cartagena. Not bad considering the flight was only 80 quid! 2 and half hour flight, got a meal (chicken) and watched a movie. Had roighly the same choices of films as the Virgin flight. Checked into the North Star backpackers host ... read more

South America » Colombia » Cartagena

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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