Castillo San Felipe de Barajas

Clammy in Cartagena

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July 9th 2012
Finally we arrived somewhere hot and, wow, Cartagena is hot and steamy. We have been using “AccuWeather” for our weather forecasts. I like this site because it provides a lot of information such as the current temperature and what it feels like, taking into account wind chill or humidity. In towns further south we got used to the AccuWeather temperature adjusting for the wind chill factor so i ... 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