White-washed buildings and cobbled streets

Colombia - Villa de Leyva

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March 7th 2017
David here... The journey from Bogota was a little more stressful than it should've been due to the bus terminal being moved and the conductor constantly trying to tell us something in Spanish. Damn Google Translate not working offline at just the time we needed it. Anyway, as Suzanne mentioned in the previous post, the scenery was stunning, especially the bit between Tunja (pronounced Tunka, ... 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