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The Whistler (Colombia and Venezuela)

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My name is John Kowalski Jr., and I am a Polish American living in Idaho. I have always had a crazy attraction to Latin America, but I never had a good reason to travel there because it seems dangerous. However, in 2015, Narcos came to Netflix and motivated me to finally leave my comfort zone and travel to Colombia and Venezuela during the summer of June 2017. I arrived in Bogota and was impressed by their women, music, and many other things. Their people were amazing. One day, I was drinking some beers in a bar when I overheard a man speaking about an interesting region called Los Llanos. I approached him and asked him more questions about this place. I think it was a great idea to go there because I could travel to Venezuela later. I would kill two birds with one stone. In the following days, I rented a jeep and started my adventure. I traveled alone to Los Llanos. The place seemed like a crazy jungle. It was a very harsh terrain, and many times, I barely had what to eat. The locals...