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Enter Colombia and head out on a jungle tour!

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May 9th 2006
After the boat journey that left us in Tabatinga we headed across the border to Leticia, Columbia. As advised by our travel bibles, Leticia is a little more established for tourist visitors and has far more facilities as well as being the place to book jungle tours from. After having limited time in Manaus we still needed to head into the jungle and do what almost every other tourist does while in ... read more

South America » Colombia » Leticia

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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