Dumb and Dumber – Don’t Kidnap Israelis

Colombian soldiers
patrol near the area where alleged members of the Revolutionary Armed
Forces of Colombia (FARC) are thought to be holding hostage eight foreign
tourists, including Germans, Britons and Israelis, in Santa Marta on
the northern coast, September 16, 2003. The Colombian Army is carrying
out intensive search operations to try and rescue the tourists that were
abducted while visiting the Lost City ruins.

I know that part of Colombia.  It is gorgeous, lush, full of pre-Colombian
ruins and the legendary Santa Marta Gold.  But you gotta wonder about
these tourists.What were they thinking? Kidnapping is the national pastime
in Colombia these days, and there are more guns in the country than bottles of beer.
The
last time
I
was in
Colombia (1988) I was assaulted with machine guns, threatened with death, and robbed of everything of
value I had on me TWICE in ONE DAY. And that was by the police.

Next time go someplace pacific. Like Bali, maybe.

Photo from Reuters