Plaza Bolivar

The Big Smoke!

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August 17th 2009
Bogota is one big city! Set strangely at 2600m it was much colder than we had expected. Our hostel was a bit of an ice-box which meant most free time was spent in the bed trying to stay warm! Our two days in Bogota were very relaxed, being a Sunday and then a holiday on the Monday we probably didn´t see it at full speed. We stayed in the historic area of La Candaleria and went for a bit of a walk ... 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