Steerage Yearns

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Tag Archives: South America

Canal de Panamá

The Panama Canal will have been open for passage for one hundred years next year, and it is still rightly in many of the top ten wonders of the industrial … Continue reading

January 18, 2013 · Leave a comment

Cerro de Monserrate

Just to the east of downtown Bogotá is a row of mountains that stops the city from spilling out in every direction.  The generally angular shaped and tan coloured buildings … Continue reading

December 15, 2012 · Leave a comment

Catedral de Sal

Tucked into the foothills of the far northern Andes Mountains outside of Bogota sits a towering black entrance to what could be a giant abandoned train tunnel, or some sort … Continue reading

November 5, 2012 · 1 Comment

San Andrés y Providencia

The Colombian islands of San Andrés and Providencia are part of a small archipelago quite a swim north of the mainland continent of South America.  They are actually about three … Continue reading

October 31, 2012 · 1 Comment