Cartagena

Day 8-16 Colombia

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January 24th 2015
The next day we had to go through a military checkpoint and get our bags sniffed by the dogs before we were deposited in Capurgana, which is a lovely little place, there are no cars as there are no roads to it. That night we all got drunk again The following day we were up early, (some of the group didn’t bother going to bed at all) to catch a boat to Turbo. The journey lasted for a couple of h ... 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