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An appeal to help the community of Minca and its tourism-dependent residents

By Dylan Satow - April 27, 2020

Hundreds of families in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta are facing abject poverty as hostels and tourism-related businesses remain closed with the nationwide quarantine.

John Lundin: Quarantined in the Heart of the World

By John Lundin - March 31, 2020

John Lundin, a former Chicago chaplain and Dalai Lama biographer is spending his Colombian quarantine at the spiritual Heart of the World, the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.

Minca: Ultimate getaway in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

By John Lundin - July 21, 2017

Minca, in the hills above Santa Marta, has positioned itself as an obligatory destination on the travel circuit of the coast. Here, an insider’s guide to this tropical hideaway.