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Defeated by the pineapple in Cartagena

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July 9th 2018
Oscar our personal taxi driver took us to the airport, giving us our last views (albeit in rally style) of Medellín. Absolutely fantastic place but ready for some new landscape. I required 4 large red wines at the airport, building up to the “bumpiest flight ever” which turned out to be as smooth as peanut butter, and just the poor guy next to me who had sweaty palms. On arrival in Cartagen ... 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