With the Aussies at El Balcon

Colombia – beautiful country, beautiful people

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December 13th 2013
Hello! It’s been a while since I last blogged, and I’m rather behind the times, but here’s what happened in Colombia… Short version Success! I did not get robbed, kidnapped or turned into a drugs mule. So, I started in the beautiful coffee growing region and got coffee obsessed for few days - making it and drinking it. Then up to historical Cartagena on the Caribbean coast to do my final ... 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