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Regular PeruNorth clients, Elana Dallas & Alastair Hatchett, give their thoughts on a trip to Colombia’s Caribbean coast.
Cultural visit to Cartagena, followed by few days at nearby beach resort, Baru.
Particular interest in work of Colombian author, Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
“Thank you for another brilliantly organised trip that once again exceeded all our expectations.
Born in the southern city of Arequipa in 1936, Mario Vargas Llosa stands as one of the lions of modern Latin American literature alongside Colombia’s Gabriel García Márquez and Mexico’s Carlos Fuentes.
In 2010, he became the first Peruvian to win a Nobel Prize - for Literature - which solidified his position as a literary great and a national hero.
