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History & HeritageWhere Taxis Stop: The Storytelling Corner
There is a corner in El Rodadero that doesn't appear in travel guides, has no official name, and you won't find it on Google Maps. It's right where Carrera 2 me
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History & HeritageEl Rodadero: Your Guide to Discovering the Beach and Festive Soul of Santa Marta
El Rodadero wasn't always the tourist destination it is today. In the 1950s, this bay with calm waters was just a small fishing village. Everything changed when
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History & HeritageThe War of the Caciques: How the Tayrona-Chibcha Alliance Defeated the Conquistadors in the Sierra Nevada (1525-1530)
When one thinks of the arrival of the Spanish in Colombia, the image that comes to mind is that of a handful of bearded conquistadors defeating entire empires w
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History & HeritageThe Secrets of the Rodadero Stairs
If you've walked through El Rodadero, you've surely come across them: stairs that climb the hillside, some of worn concrete, others with rusty iron handrails, m
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Mamatoco: The Workshop of the Wicker Gods
In Santa Marta, when someone says "wicker," they aren't talking about catalog furniture or industrial decor. They are talking about Mamatoco. This neighborhood,
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History & HeritageThe Wind That Shapes Bello Horizonte: Architecture of the Breeze
If there is one thing that has defined Bello Horizonte since it began to be populated in the 1970s, it is not the sea view or the proximity to Rodadero —althoug
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History & HeritageThe Sounds That Are No Longer Heard: El Rodadero at Dawn
Have you ever been to El Rodadero at 4:30 in the morning? If you grew up here in the 90s, you know that the sound of the sea wasn't the only thing that set the
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The Whistles of Mamatoco: The Neighborhood Football That Forges Stars
It's 4 in the afternoon in Mamatoco, a neighborhood on the eastern hillside of Santa Marta. The sun is still punishing, but at Cancha La Paz there's already mov
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Mamatoco Before the Pavement: The Last Mud Store
If you walk down Carrera 5ta in Mamatoco, amidst the smell of fritanga and the noise of mototaxis, there is a corner that seems frozen in 1950. There is no neon
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Panadería La Samaria: the 5 a.m. Secret
If you have ever walked through el barrio Bolívar in Santa Marta before the sun comes out, you know the air changes. Between 4:30 and 5:00 a.m., the silence of
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Hidden Bolívar: The Murals of Calle 17
If you came to Santa Marta looking for Tayrona, El Rodadero, or the historic center, you missed out on the most authentic part by far. The barrio Bolívar, just
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Bike Messengers of Bolívar: Routes That Waze Ignores
In the barrio Bolívar of Santa Marta, the traffic on the Troncal del Caribe is a curse we all know. Cars stand still, buses honk, and the sun beats down like le
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