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Bienvenido a Colombia!

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August 29th 2015
2 busy weeks into our trip already so backtracking a bit, trying to catch up but lounging in the sun is far more appealing!!... 3 flights, 5818 miles and 31.5 hours later we arrived in Cartagena, a city on the northern coast of Colombia. After a rough night's 'sleep' in Bogota airport the tropical humidity of Cartagena hit us as soon as we walked off the plane. The 35 degree heat was more in li ... 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