If you walk through the upper part of Santa Marta, above the Circunvalación, you reach a neighborhood that seems suspended in time: Bavaria. It is not the touri

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The Graffiti of Bavaria: Art of Resistance

While the Historic Center of Santa Marta polishes itself for tourists with colonial facades and murals of smiling dolphins, twenty minutes away by bus, in the B

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The Bavaria Aqueduct: Pipes the Mayor's Office Forgot

If you live in Santa Marta and say the water service is bad, a neighbor from Bavaria will reply: “come and see.” While in the Centro or El Rodadero the supply f

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Champeta Route in Bavaria: Dance and Resistance

If you arrive in Santa Marta asking about champeta, you will most likely be sent to a club in el Rodadero or a nightclub in the Historic Center. But the real ch

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Bavaria at Night: Fried Food, Breeze, and Stars

If you're in Santa Marta and tired of the noise from the clubs in the Historic Center or the inflated drink prices at El Rodadero, there's a plan few tourists k

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Bavaria: the Other Side of Santa Marta

While most tourists crowd into El Rodadero or wander aimlessly through the Historic Center, there is a neighborhood in Santa Marta that holds the most authentic

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