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 A ROMEO-AND-JUIJST 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. 



