Mompox

Mompox

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February 19th 2010
My guidebook told me that the travel to Mompox was long and exhausting, but I read on the Internet that there was a new road, so I thought it would not be too bad and since I really wanted to see Mompox... I talked another kitesurf babe into coming with me ("there will be no wind anyway, the weather forecast is lousy..." ;o) The trip there was really long, and really exhausting. Partly beca ... read more

South America » Colombia » Mompox

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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