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Life and Death In San Gil

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August 4th 2009
If I am honest, I was happy to be leaving Bogota. The weather was overcast and grey, the city was huge and I didn’t feel safe in La Candeleria. Three days in the capital was plenty. My next stop was San Gil, which is supposed to be the adventure capital of Colombia. Before I talk about what happened in San Gil, I missed out my previous stalking moment from my Venezuelan part of my blog. So here ... read more

South America » Colombia » San Gil

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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