Mike joyously discovering Canada Dry in the Bogota lounge

And The Trip Begins...

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May 28th 2013
(Post from Mike) In retrospect, the plan to packlife our entire life on a Monday and then embark on a 63-day backpacking tour on a Tuesday morning may have been a tad ambitious. But we have done it! I am sitting next to Jess in the wonderful Avainca airport lounge in Bogota, Columbia awaiting our connection to La Paz, Bolivia later tonight. Seriously, the Bogota airport so far puts Air Can ... 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