Medellin          Birds and plants are amazing, but my father would have said, “hey, that’s true in other countries, too, Wade, what makes Columbia unique, that’s what I want to know.”  My old man was no pushover, so I have to keep my eyes open for things that would hit the mark. As an accountant, …

            Santa Marta        One vote was for birds.  Done.  One was for fish.  They were on their way.  Another vote was for our classic visit to a botanical garden.  Mi companera and I pushed off for Jardín Botánico de Cartagena “Guillermo Piñeres”, a bit more than an hour away, it seemed from Google Maps, …

            Cartagena       After several cups of coffee and a quick breakfast, our crew jumped in a car early on Christmas morning to navigate our way to the Baru peninsula, jutting out from Cartagena into the Caribbean Sea.  We knew it would take us more than an hour, but we were hoping with an early start, …