Unless you fly (expensive), getting from Colombia to Panama is not as easy as you might think, as the land crossing is the only missing link in the Pan American Highway. The connecting land area between the two countries is known as the Darien Gap and consists of 100 miles of deep swampland and...
Our road tour of Northern Colombia
SANTA MARTA After visiting the delightful walled city of Cartagena de Indias, we rented a car and drove to Santa Marta, about 3 hours east along the coast, to begin our road tour of Northern Colombia. The city is a major seaside destination for Colombians, and has been quite heavily developed with many tall...
A taste of the Caribbean – Cartagena de Indias
When the time came to take on our 8th and last county in South America, we decided to miss the hustle and bustle of Colombia’s big cities of Bogota, Medellin and Cali and head for Cartagena de Indias for a taste of the Caribbean coast. SOME HISTORY Cartagena was officially founded in 1533 and...