Sunday - no cars allowed!

Stories

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May 4th 2014
One of my favorite authors, Gabriel Garcia Marquez won a nobel prize for his amazing novel, 100 years of solitude in which he perfected the magical realism style of writing. However, living here, it is clear that he didn't invent it. So many of the stories I hear living here seem like they could have come straight from Macondo and even some of my own experiences so far seem like they could have co ... read more

South America » Colombia » Los Llanos

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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