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villa de leyva

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March 12th 2011
Villa de Leyva, bless this little mountain town. What should typically take only four hours from the big city took me 6 unfortunately, due to road works however the Colombian buses are extremely comfortable so it wasn't all that bad, that and the fact that I am used to 20 hour stints on buses nowadays so 6 hours is nothing!! Back to the cute little town; I wish I could have stayed in for longer. ... 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