8. A little geography of Colombia 1. Five regions of Colombia

February 9th 2015
8. A little geography of Colombia We knew very little about the geography of Colombia when we got here, but we are learning. Cartagena, on the Caribbean, is colorful but hot and unpleasant. Big bad Bogota is high and cold and unpleasant. But Medellín is just right just about all the time, the "City of Eternal Spring". We really don't feel impelled to leave this climate for very long. I rem ... read more

South America » Colombia

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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