Trucks at San Gabriel

Colombia - sneaking across the border

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February 14th 2008
When Daniela (the receptionist fro Vilcabamba with who I had climbed Solomaco) arrived in Quito and asked me whether I would like to join her on a trip to Colombia, it did not take her much to persuade me, as after 4 months in Ecuador I did not mind a break from the country. The trip started with a number of difficulties: somebody had advised me that I could leave from Quito´s Northern Ofelia ... read more

South America » Colombia » Pasto

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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