Going to Tunja

Tunja

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October 31st 2005
Hotel Saboy is a strange place, a little shabby but quite homely in a way. It is owned by a Colombian family. All rooms are off a courtyard with the families glass dining room at one end enabling the huge dog to see whoever enters the courtyard and resulting in much barking. It was a proud moment when, on our last day, it stopped barking and jumping up at the glass windows as if it were about to ... read more

South America » Colombia

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Colombia was one of the three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Ecuador and Venezuela). A 40-year insurgent campaign to overthrow the Colombian Government escalated during the 1990s, undergirded in part... ... read more