Less than two decades ago, Colombia was synonymous with the notorious drug lord “Pablo Escobar”. His drug dealings by the early 1990’s had netted him an estimated $30 billion. Due to the drug dealings of Escobar and that of rival drug lords, Colombia became a traveler’s worst nightmare. In addition to an already dangerous situation …
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Colombia – The Latin Redemption I (BOGOTA)
Bogota We were to fortunate to visit three cities during our travels to Colombia. We had always been fascinated by the capital city of Bogota. However, Bogota in December (summer in South America) was quite empty to our dismay. It seemed like most Colombians had packed up and migrated to the coastal cities to enjoy …
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Colombia – The Latin Redemption II (Cartagena)
La Cuidad Hermosa (The Beautiful City) As we mentioned in our previous post Colombia-The Latin Redemption I, we visited Colombia in the summer (Dec. to Feb.), for this reason a good number of Colombians had migrated to the warm weather spots of their country. One of these warm weather spots happened to be Cartagena. After …
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Colombia- The Latin Redemption III (San Andres)
San Andres, Colombia After spending the New Year’s in Cartagena, it was time to head over to the final stop of our party trail of Colombia. We heard San Andres Colombia was the holiday spot where most Colombians and other South American nationalities go to vacation. Still, we did not know what to expect. Most …
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