Stage 192

Ok. Slight exageration. When I get off the other boat we are not in mompos and I get told the only way to get there is on a motorbike. So there is me on the back of a bike with 25kilos of my stupid bags being riden by a 12 year old. He takes me to the canoe with water in the bottom who eventually gets me to the otherside.

The most challenging yet rewarding journey so far......

March 13th 2009
When I was in Taganga I had been kicking myself for leaving a bag in Cartagena because had I not I would have taken an entirely different route back to Bogota. I am really pleased that I did not as I would have missed out on the best journey ever!! My initital plan was to take 2 days getting from Cartagena to Bucumaranga (Via a town called Mompos) and then stop in a few places on my way to Bogo ... read more

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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

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