Changing of the guard

Beautiful Bogota

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August 22nd 2008
On leaving Ibague we got a cab to the bus terminal and discovered that our hotel was only up the road from it, so easily walkable - one of the disadvantages of not having a map of the place. We got straight onto a bus to Bogota that was about to leave and even got a discount too when we didn't buy a ticket immediately the driver's mate came up and quietly offered us a lower price. The 4 hour journ ... read more

South America » Colombia » Bogota

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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