After visiting Colombia for a week, all I want to do is go back. This is my problem with travel—visiting for a short time, especially in South America, always makes me want to return for a long while. The bird's eye view is never enough for me in South America. The New World has long held much more wonder for me than Europe because America's past seems so much more present in everyday life. After all, The Americas are much younger than Europe and their complicated pasts aren't actually too far gone.