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Time for a Day Trip

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December 30th 2008
You haven't lived until you have ridden in a bus going over 100 mph. I was actually more scared than anything else. We took a day trip to Zipaquira to see the Salt Cathedral. The bus ride there had a speedometer for the passengers. We had been going these ridiculous speeds since I had arrived, but now there was no fooling myself. When the speedometer started flashing 99, I knew were were going fas ... 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