Villa de Leyva

Colombia Part One

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August 30th 2009
Hello friends and family! I am currently in Bucamaranga, Colombia. We will be flying to the coast (Cartegena) early tomorrow morning. A quick recap of my time here so far: I arrived in Bogota on Saturday night. Aaron and our new friends Lorenzo and Marie met me at the airport, and then we went back to our hostel in Bogota. From there, we went out for drinks at a really great bar. It w ... 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