From the Coldest City in Colombia to the Capital of Guinea Pig via the Virgin's holy site
January 10th 2010 After two days in Ipiales, the coldest city in Colombia (thank God there was hot water at the hotel) I took a short sidetrip to Tulcán in Ecuador to renew my VISA. I got 90 days!!! Yes indeed, blue eyes give an advantage sometimes :o)
Then Jenny, Paola and me went to las Lajas, a beautiful neogothic church situated in the valley between two sonderful mountains.
Apaprently Virgin Mary is said t
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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 
