House across the Street

Taganga to Bogota

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March 1st 2011
Have now left sunny Taganga and arrived to a very rainy Bogotá. It was pouring down when I arrived yesterday afternoon and it still is. It was dry this morning so managed to get out for some site seeing but it wasn't long before I had to break out the trusty blue poncho. Staying in the Canderlaria area of the city which is the historic centre and very nice it is too if a little wet. The taxi dr ... 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