Obtaining Colombia’s Lost City
A trek into the jungle in search of Colombia’s “Lost City.” Our group grabs the packs from the top of the Jeep’s rusty roof ahead of we set off for Ciudad Perdida , or Colombia’s Lost City. Our guide, Tunyi, decides to start the six-day trek by telling us about eight tourists who were kidnapped on September 15 th, 2003, by the Nationwide Liberation Army (ELN) on the quite trail we were hiking. “Three months they held them captive,” he tells us. “They had been lucky to be launched.” The 3 Australians in our group locate this humorous although the two boisterous Russians turn out to be quiet and pensive following I translate this bit of info for them. Perhaps Tunyi ought to have commenced by pointing out the names of some native fauna. Right after the kidnapping incident, tourist treks to the city stopped until eventually 2005. However an air of danger nevertheless lurks on the forbidding trail, Colombia’s army now patrols the path, and in accordance to our guide, the quantity of rob...