Even though Mompox will be connected to the rest of Colombia by bridge, the preferred means of getting to this colonial town is riding a time-tested ferry.
Along the Magdalena River, the stone streets of Honda take visitors back to the Colonial era and beyond.
His words gave new form to literary expression in Colombia. Candelario Obeso was the black poet of the Magdalena.
As he travels Colombia’s Río Magdalena, British author Michael Jacobs captures the Colombian context in his latest novel, The Robber of Memories.