Where river meets the sea

My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

COLOMBIA | Friday, 5 July 2013 | Views [370] | View Larger Image

Members of the Koguis Indigenous Group head down to the seaside to collect shells which will be powdered and chewed with coca leaves that helps activate the alkaloids of the plant.

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Ben Curry is an English man who has lived in Colombia for most of his life. He set up his ranch, Curucucu and had many adventures before his was forced to flee to the Caribbean coast where he still lives in a small shack by the sea. He was the inspiration of Louis de Bernières' 'The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts'. Locally know as simply 'El Gringo', Ben is a well know figure in the community. At 80 odd years old he is going deaf, yet still faces the strong currents every day to swim naked in the ocean.

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Where river meets the sea

My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

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