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Colombia Travel Guide Online

by Roadjunky

Colombia probably doesn’t top most people’s list of vacation spots. With Amazon jungle, forest-covered mountains, beautiful women and Caribbean beaches it ought to but there’s a small snag: ...

Medellin, Colombia - Everyone's Dream Holiday

by Roadjunky

The trouble with writing about all the danger, the drug abuse and the misery produced by the war is that it makes Medellin sound like a terrible place. Make no ...

Colombia Escape Story

by Morgan Lloyd

The day I arrived in Panama City I met some guys organizing a boat expedition to the Colombian North Coast- the only sane way into Colombia without flying. They were ...

Colombia Civil War

by Roadjunky

Colombia has been at war with itself for more than fifty years and most people seem to have forgotten why. Whereas in somewhere like Israel everyone talks about the ...

Colombia, Paradise of Patriots

by Roadjunky

I’ve never understood patriotism. It’s always seemed to me the seed for hatred, violence and war. To take pride in one’s own country is a short step away from taking ...

Medellin, Don't Give Papaya

papaya, don't give it to anyone in Colombia

by Roadjunky

Medellin is a city with a small town feeling to it. The outlying neighbourhoods climb the slopes on each side of the valley basin and when I get lost at ...

Medellin, Colombia - Paradise on Earth

by Roadjunky

“Never say anything bad about Medellin to a local here. They think it’s paradise on earth. And never say anything against the Catholic religion either. They think it’s the best ...

Kidnapping in Colombia

by Roadjunky

In jest kidnapping has been called Latin America’s fastest growing industry. While there’s nothing funny about it for the victims of their families it cannot be denied as something of ...

Parque Tyrona Colombia Travel Story

by Justin Pushman

Parque Tayrona, a national park, the perfect retreat from Cartagena
, this is the place where Steve McQueen fell in love with the Guajira Indians after he escaped whilst ...

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