Bogota

Bogota: The City of Contrast

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January 4th 2011
The return to South America did not go as expected. For some reason I expected for everything to go smoothly and that the visa paperwork would be processed quickly and I would be back in the jungle before New Years...well here it is, the 4th of January and I'm still awaiting the paperwork's arrival! Bogota's Darker side Bogota is a city of two faces; astetically, the buildings are drasti ... 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