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[Black and white image of a young man standing outside a building, resting his elbow on the windowsill.]

©Underoowd and Underwood

A ROMEO-AND-JULIET BALCONY SCENE IN BARRANQUILLA, COLOMBIA

But life is not all romance in this city near the mouth of the Magdalena River. It is the
principal commercial center of the Republic of Colombia and the starting point for the nine-
day trip, by stern-wheel steamer of the Mississippi River type, to La Dorada, 600 miles up
the Magdalena, where the traveler transfers to a train for a 20-mile ride, then changes to
mountain mules for the final lap of his journey, through magnificent Andean scenery, to the
inland capital of Bogota.

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