The city view

Cartagena

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November 14th 2010
On my own again….but only for a short time. I couch surfed in Cali with a wonderful family who did everything but call me hija (well actually they may have done that too!) Ivan and his sister Irene took the liberty to treat me to a wonderful dinner at Carne y Maduros, an excellent restaurant where I ate more than my fair share of maduros (ripe bananas cooked and flavored). After dinner we went ... 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