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Getting out of guajira was easy, and we crossed the border at La Vela without incident. On horseback, we were able to do in two days what had taken me so long with Antonio. But it wasn't only the border patrols that were dangerous; there was also an area of about sixty miles between the border and Rio Hacha, the village I had escaped from.
With Zorrillo standing by, I had my first conversation with a Colombian in an inn. I didn't do too badly, and as Zorrillo had said, stammering helped a lot to hide my accent.