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Colombia’s River of Wonder: Caño Cristales

August 15, 2012

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Once upon a time there was a beautiful river. The river was famed throughout Colombia – coloured as it was by a rare underwater plant – but it posed just one problem for travellers. It was buried deep in the heart of the nation’s plains, 170 miles from Bogotá and notoriously difficult to reach. This […]

Stirring up a hornets’ nest: Why it’s worse than a few rounds with Mike Tyson

July 16, 2012

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I love jungles. Whether it’s sloth-spotting in the Colombian corner of the Amazon, dodging monkeys in Peru or eating insects in Ecuador, South America gives you a seriously high dose of them. And why not? All that green-filtered light and rickety bridges, all those parrots and waterfalls. Jungles are mysterious, enticing and full of unseen […]

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