Saturday, June 30, 2012

Unexpected Colombia!

Tomorrow we should be on a plain back to Sicily but instead, scared that this dream would end, we extended our journey to South America - Colombia!
One more month moving up and down between chicken buses and 'lancia' boats enjoying the moment.

Getting to Colombia was not easy ... my ignorance made me ignore that there is no land passage between Panama and South America ... the border is a no access way called 'Darien Gap' due to guerrillas for drug control.
The most common way for travelers to over come the issue of crossing the border is to sail the gap, but since our budget is limited and we need to go back to Panama this solution was not affordable ... Another way is to travel with small 'lancia' boats for two days in order to get to the first city in Colombia. After trying to go with this second solution for a week without managing we took the easy way ... Flying! So here we are in Cartagena Colombia a beautiful colonial city which sets the beginning of a new adventure!

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