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Background: 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 by funds from the drug trade. Although the violence is deadly and large swaths of the countryside are under guerrilla influence, the movement lacks the military strength or popular support necessary to overthrow the government. An anti-insurgent army of paramilitaries has grown to several thousand strong in recent years, challenging the insurgents for control of territory and the drug trade, and also the government's ability to exert its dominion over rural areas. While Bogota steps up efforts to reassert government control throughout the country, neighboring countries worry about the violence spilling over their borders.




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Hoi hoi, Hier nog een berichtje over Colombia. Na te zijn bijgekomen van onze jungletocht naar de 'Verloren Stad' op het strand van Tacanga voerde de reis naar Cartagena. Een stad met een erg mooi historisch centrum en woonplaats van o.a. Shakira! Shakira! Helaas was ze niet thuis. Enfin, na een paar dagen in de stad en een tripje naar een moddervulkaan, waarin je heerlijk kon badderen, vlogen we met een jonge huid en een strak gezicht naar de Leticia, een stadje in de Amazone in het uiterste zuiden van Colombia en op het 3-landenpunt. Peru & Brazilië zijn de buren [View Full Entry]

Joost y Gill en Sudamerica - Joost and Gill McWellink | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 28th 2009 | 87 Views | [diary=443609]

Joost neemt een modderbad
Dag schoonheid
Whoah!

I’m about 9 weeks into my world travels 18 flights completed so far & find myself travelling around Iquitos in the Peruvian Amazon checking out the zoo which was a wee bit sad but had some cool animals that we hadn't seen on our amazing Amazon tour. The highlight was the pink fresh water dolphins that they hand-feed fish to so that you get a look at them out of the solid brown water...typical of most skanky wet places around the Amazon! Alas it's time to leave Peru & my traves with Julz behind & head out on my ownsome to [View Full Entry]

Julzie - Marty Bennett & Julz Britnell | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: April 27th 2009 | 144 Views | [diary=394164]


Although there was a sad farewell to Colombia, there was still one more place left to see before we said our final goodbyes. We had decided early on in our Colombian trip that we would love to see Leticia, a town in the far south of the country and interestingly a town that straddled two countries. It is from Leticia where the Amazon river is used to move produce and indeed people between the countries of Colombia, Brasil and Peru. Known as the 3 frontiers it is a weird and wonderful jungle town with intense heat and humidity and the potential [View Full Entry]

juliaandben - Julia Cresswell | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: April 27th 2009 | 209 Views | [diary=394367]

Dinner for 1
Dinner for 2
First view from the boat

You squash another mosquito against your skin while admiring the dense jungle scenery. Colourful birds fly past while you are distracted by pink dolphins jumping from the river. Indigenous children stop and stare while you float past remote jungle villages. Suddenly the boat speeds up and you hold on tight as it crashes through giant lilies and drift wood. You sit back and struggle to take in the size of the Amazon while looking at a million prehistoric trees. Suddenly it all sinks in, you are in one of the most remote and beautiful places on earth - The Colombian Amazon. [View Full Entry]

Daz_Crawford - Darren | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: February 9th 2009 | 603 Views | [diary=366727]

A Wasp Nest
Boy Hiding His Boat
A Strange Jungle Animal

At the end of our little cruise we touched down in Santa Rosa, which is the Peruvian side of the river. From where we stood, we could see Leticia (the Colombian border town) and Tabatinga (the Brazilian town) on this three-way border. After a few emigration formalities, mainly involving me paying a small fine for overstaying my Peruvian visa, we hopped from dirty nappy to dirty nappy to get into a boat for five minutes to take us to Colombia. Expecting full body cavity searches and hectic immigration, we were surprised to find absolutely nothing in the way of immigration - [View Full Entry]

CrystalinPisco - Crystal Whitaker | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: January 25th 2008 | 377 Views | [diary=239373]


So we had finally made it to our final destination in this part of the world and I was happy to be back in Colombia again. Straight away the difference is obvious as there is a lot more money in Colombia than other countries and people here are happy to see tourists in their country. The infrastructure is better, the people are more educated, the shops are nicer, the houses are nicer, the people are extremely friendly and helpful, I believe that they have a great way of looking at life, they love their salsa and play much better music than [View Full Entry]

MRJ SthAmericanAdventures - Jane Kennedy | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 5th 2007 | 1269 Views | [diary=224869]

LETICIA
TABATINGA
TABATINGA

Time had come for us to get organised and get back on another boat and head further down river to Leticia, Colombia. This time we were ready to be hassled at the port by people trying to help us to do things that we were more than capable of doing ourselves. For instances organising our voyage with the captain of the boat. As we arrived in our moto taxi it was surrounded by men trying to help but this time in no uncertain terms we told them that we did not need any help and that we were fine by ourselves. [View Full Entry]

MRJ SthAmericanAdventures - Jane Kennedy | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 3rd 2007 | 445 Views | [diary=221075]

BOAT RIDE TO LETICIA
BOAT RIDE TO LETICIA
BOAT RIDE TO LETICIA

Now this is Amazon Volume Three, Piranha Fishing, Nightime Caymen Hunting & Giant Lilipads of the Rio Yavario South America » Colombia » Leticia » Rio Yavari Amazon By Juanes April 9th 2007 Jason Burnettmore amazing amazon fotos [View Full Entry]

Juanes - Jason Burnett | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: April 9th 2007 | 385 Views | [diary=153290]

Piranha & Catfish Soup anyone
brasilian army heading for base on the Rio yavari
cruising on the Rio Yavari