Road Blocks and Checks

There were frequent police checks on the main highways where you travelled. At this one they also took samples of our bus´ petrol. However I would have thought that petrol is so cheap here that it would not be worth having anything else.

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March 20th 2009
Wednesday 18.03.09 (continued) Apologies for the cliffhanger ending yesterday; the internet cafe I was doing the blog suddenly emptied and they wanted to close. So the tale continues.... With no sign of the driver´s assistant who had our tickets and us left stranded in an office in the bus terminal at Riohacha, we (the 2 Canadians and me) thought it was time to get the police involved. We left o ... read more

South America » Colombia » Medellin

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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