"What struck me right away was how quickly the scenery changed, going from the hot, dry Caribbean coast into the cooler, greener mountains of the Magdalena region felt almost like crossing into a completely different country."
Category: atlantico
Riding on the CooTrans Oriente Bus in Colombia
"Speeding down, swerving in and out of traffic along the ‘Ruta Caribe’ at 100-120 km/h is the well-known and distinctive mode of transportation known as the ‘CooTrans Oriente.’ These auto-buses are affordable, widely used by the locals, and timely by arriving and departing every 20 minutes from town to town on their way to and from Barranquilla, Colombia."