Castillo de San Felipe de Barajas

Cartagena

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October 17th 2014
Cartagena is a port city on the northern coast of Colombia with a beautiful old town surrounded by colonial stone walls. Our visit to Cartagena coincided with the rainy season. The first morning we ventured out of the hostel and were met a short while later with some very heavy rain. We thought it was going to be one of those short and sharp showers but it just kept on going. We joined the loca ... 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