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A floating town

Nueva Venecia is a floating town in the bowels of the Cienaga Grande del Magdalena in Colombia. Due to its strategic condition and far from modernity, the slow and winding life mark the lifestyle of its inhabitants, causing that for many years and due to the problems of political insecurity that exist in the region, people try to continue with their lives and yearning for the desired peace!

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 05.2017
Date Uploaded: 11.2020
Photo Location: Santa Marta, Colombia
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Copyright: © Juan Tapias