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"Yipao" is how Colombians call a "loaded Jeep". The cars were brought here in the thousands after WWII; they can carry over a ton of stuff, an art born out of necessity, as Colombia doesn't have many paved roads.

The Willys is woven into the modern Andean culture to the point that Yipao is a unit of measure, such as "one Yipao of bananas" (40-45 bunches). The Yipaos are also hired for moving families and all their belongings (in one trip), and are...
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