Drinking, Shopping, and Eating before leaving the City of Eternal Spring (Medellin)
October 4th 2007 (August 30, 2007 through September 9, 2007)
This time upon arriving to Medellin, I took the 'colectivo,' a mini-bus, which only costs 5,500 pesos. You can find the 'colectivo' once you step outside of the airport, and a blue sign with a bus is visible. Mostly business people were on board, only with two foreign couples, the ride was quiet and I had a chance to view the scenery that the road p
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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 
