By far the worst carnival death of the year, a drunk guy tried to climb onto a float, fell, and had his head run over by the float, in the middle of the parade.
Please don’t molest me and other concerns. February 16th 2013 Have you ever had a dream where you pooped your pants that was so real that you woke up and checked your pants? Me neither. I was told we are true barranquilleros now that we leave during Carnival rather than stay and enjoy the festivities.* We jaunted off to San Andres, a Colombian island that is between Costa Rica and Jamaica (see map). Barranquilla being Barranquilla, the airport was madness wh ... read more
South America » Colombia » San Andres » Melgar 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