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Guatapé

August 29th 2021
About 50 miles outside of Medellín is the granite monolith that dominates the surrounding landscape, at 2,135 metres. Santi took us on a magnificent climb to the top (740 steps). El Peñon de Guatape was once worshipped by the Tahamies indigenous people. In the 1950s, a group of visitors spent five days climbing to the top of the massive rock using a wooden board to ascend up the rock’s long ... read more
South America » Colombia » Antioquia » Guatape

Colombian Flag 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
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