Hacienda Nápoles, Part 2 71. Hippo feeding time

February 2nd 2015
The other reason we went to see Hacienda Nápoles is the private menagerie that Escobar built for his children. These words may call up in your mind a small thing that you could walk through in an hour or so. This is far from the case. The menagerie covers most of the 7600 acres of the estate, with a road that winds from exhibit to exhibit (photo 70) , some of which are truly enormous habitats whe ... read more

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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

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William Martin McClain

El Gringo Viejo

On the WordPress blog I was The Old Gringo, but somebody took that name before me on TravelBlog, so I have translated it into Spanish as El Gringo Viejo. I was a Chemistry Professor at Wayne State University until 2010. Now I am retired, and with my wife Carol I travel a bit every year. She loves the Spanish speaking countries, while I prefer countries that don't really exist any more: ancient Rome and Greece and the Greek colonies of Sicily, Italy, and Turkey; maybe also Tolstoy's Russia. I promise not to write up the boring parts.... full info

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