Jeeps

This is the main method of transport in the area if you don't have a car. Unfortunately, they're usually full, so if you want a ride, you have to sit on top or stand on the back. Women and children get the seats, so I was usually hanging off the back.

Peñol de Marial y Guatape

June 24th 2016
In Salento, another backpacker enthusiastically recommended getting to the Guatape / Peñol region around La Magdelena Gorge, a manmade lake about a two-hour bus ride from Medellin. She said it was one of the most beautiful places she'd ever seen. I should have asked her how many places she'd seen. Through Airbnb we reserved a section of a home constructed from four used shipping containers - th ... 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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