It all worked out fine in the end! Diary of an older woman travelling solo in Colombia.
March 26th 2015 Set off up the hill at the top of Salento at about 8 am in the hope that I might get to see the snow on top of the peaks in the Parque Nevada but as usual they were covered in cloud. Came across by accident one of the cafes I had been looking for a couple of days ago. As I have noticed on several occasions, the address that Lonely Planet had given was just plain wrong. Have found loads of inaccura
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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 
