Puerta de Reloj by night

Cartagena

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September 16th 2013
After a tuk-tuk from our hotel in Iquitos to the port at 5am, a 10.5hour ‘mas rapido’ boat from Iquitos to Santa Rosa, a tuk-tuk to the police office, then the immigration office, then back to the police office, a boat to Leticia, a tuk-tuk to nearby the airport, a 5min walk, a plane from Leticia to Bogota, a plane from Bogota to Cartagena (zero wait time in between flights) and finally a taxi ... 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