Are We There Yet?: Cartagena, Minca, Santa Marta, La Ciudad Perdida

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February 10th 2017
Before departing for the La Ciudad Perdida, we decided to make a stop in a small backpacker town in the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta. So, after the 4-hour bus ride from Cartagena to Santa Marta, we hopped in a small cab and headed up into the mountains. I had come across Minca while researching what to do while in Colombia but it didn’t make the itinerary until everyone I met who had been there ... read more

South America » Colombia » Magdalena » La Dorada

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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