Jardin de Botanico Bogota

Bogota - Days 3 & 4

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August 8th 2009
We´ve had a couple of lazy days around Bogota while Amy gets over a bug (the first of many no doubt). Yesterday was great. We went to the Plaza de Bolivar where the locals were enjoying Bogota´s city fiesta. The square was filled with families, feeding corn to the pigeons, eating candy floss, riding llamas around the square and generally having a good day out. There were lots of buskers, fro ... 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