Cucuta – Colombia’s Border Town called ‘Pearl of the North’

Reading Time: 6 minutes Cucuta is a city on the border with Venezuela. It’s Colombia’s fifth largest city and the most trafficked border crossing between the two countries. It is a duty free (zona franca) town nicknamed ‘pearl of the north’. It’s a busy, steamy hot city with an average temperature between 80 and 105 degrees during the day […]