Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

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Ciudad Perdida - The Lost City, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia travel blog

Ciudad Perdida - The Lost City

A travel blog entry by jtrail

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... route no longer being used was due to guerrilla activity back then (taking food from the group etc). This region of the Sierra Nevada (highest coastal mountain in the world at 5,775m and 26 miles from the beach) is now controlled by the paramilitary ...

Guns, drugs and gambling, La sierra nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia travel blog

Guns, drugs and gambling

A travel blog entry by jungleboy

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... grain of truth buried in there somewhere. In 1525 the Spanish landed at what is now the city of Santa Marta, their first landing in what is now Colombia. They encountered indigenous people - the Tayrona - whom they noted had a lot of gold ...

LA CIUDAD PERDIDA - VALE LA PENA, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia travel blog

LA CIUDAD PERDIDA - VALE LA PENA

A travel blog entry by ang_kenny

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I arrive at the beachside town of Santa Marta hot, sweaty and grumpy after having a bad day of getting ripped off on the bus and losing a few key items in the laundry. I meet a lively bunch in my hostel room who have just returned from the 5 day La ...

Cuidad Perdida and La Cultura de Kogui, Cuidad Perdida and La Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia travel blog

Cuidad Perdida and La Cultura de Kogui

A travel blog entry by gomezmdj

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These pictures are from my trek into the Colombian jungle to visit Cuidad Perdida. Along the trail I ventured into the Kogui village of Mutamyi, where a majority of these photos came from. Cuidad Perdida was discovered in 1975 by a father and son in ...

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