violence, but that isn t a legacy that s easy to ignore. its decades of civil unrest have left vast swaths of colombia relatively unknown, even to its own citizens. to reach a place previously considered a no-go area, i ll fly out of an airport in villavicencio 45 miles southeast of the capital city of bogota. on first inspection, this is an airplane bone yard, where unwanted props from romancing the stone corrode artfully. but in reality, this sleepy hangar is an important gateway to the more impenetrable parts of the country. the remote settlements in the amazon basin are cut off from the country, with neither rail nor roads connecting them. there are only two ways in, either boat for several days down river, or aboard a jungle
something other than cocaine and violence, but that isn t a legacy that s easy to ignore. its decades of civil unrest have left vast swaths of colombia relatively unknown, even to its own citizens. to reach a place previously considered a no-go area, i ll fly out of an airport of in villavicencio, 45 miles southeast of the capital of bogota. on first inspection, this is an airplane bone yard. where unwanted props from romancing the stone corrode artfully. but in reality, this sleepy hangar is an important gateway to the more impenetrable parts of the country. the remote settlements in the amazon basin are cut off from the country, with neither rail nor roads connecting them. there are only two ways in, either boat for several days downriver, or aboard a jungle
down river, or aboard a jungle bus, which is what locals call the world war ii era dc-3. i ve flown worse. i ve been brought mere by pablo mora, a teacher at medellin university and a particular enthusiast for this golden classic of aviation. you ve taken this flight before? yes, every chance i have. i fly one. it s a romantic thing. he sees the work these hulking great airships and their pilots do, as daredevil humanitarian missions for the more remote colombians. they have an in-flight movie? no, nor first class either. what? no, no. the planes travel with their own mechanic to cobble together anything that might go wrong. and stuff can go wrong. the risk is we ll be able to land but not take off again, so
downriver, or aboard a jungle bus, which is what locals call the world war ii era dc-3. i m flown worse. i ve been brought mere by pablo mora, a teacher at medellin university and a particular enthusiast for this golden class of aviation. you take this flight before? yes, every chance i have. it s a romantic thing. he sees the work these hulks great airships and their pilots do, as daredevil humanitarian missions for the more remote colombians. they have an in-flight movie? no, nor first class either. what? no, no. the planes travel with their own mechanic to cobble together anything that might go wrong. and stuff can go wrong. the risk is we ll be able to
something other than cocaine and violence, but that isn t a legacy that s easy to ignore. its decades of civil unrest have left vast swaths of colombia relatively unknown, even to its citizens. to reach a place previously considered a no-go area, i ll fly out of an airport of in villavicencio outside of bogata. on first inspection, this is an airplane bone yard. where unwanted props from rho manding the stone corod artfully. but in reality, this sleepy hangar is an important gateway to the more impenetrable parts of the country. the remote settlements in the amazon basin are cut off from the country, with neither rail nor roads connecting them. there are only two ways in, either boat for several days downriver, or aboard a jungle