El Fossil

Villa de Leyva

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August 20th 2009
At the bus station in Bogota I asked a lady which terminal for Tunja (two hours away), and we were in luck. From some of her Spanish and her body language I gathered that she was going there also. This saved us the usual hassle of wandering around being yelled at by men saying the names of every town in Colombia as quickly as they can! We squashed in the the colectivo, the journey was surprising a ... read more

South America » Colombia » Villa de Leyva

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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