The Rum Diaries Part XVIII

There has been a bit of a hiatus in rum consumption since arriving in Colombia because
a) Rum is expensive
b) Despite having more sugarcane than you can poke a stick at, Colombians don't seem to make very good rum (kind of like Australians come to think of it!!)

Colombians prefer aguardiente, which is kind of like sambuca but only twenty-something percent. They drink it by the bucketload and pour it down your throat at every opportunity. We have been accosted numerous times by groups of drunken people and forced to do shots.

Anyway, back to the rum. Ron Marques del Valle is a big improvement over aguardiente but wouldn't cut it in Martijn's top ten. Extra points deducted for the unforgivably high price of around $16.