Bingo

Cali and Bogota

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June 14th 2008
Colombia has been rico. Countless days ago I caught a bus from Otovalo to Ibarra, and from there on to the Ecuadorian border town of Tulcán. I caught a collectivo to the border crossing, a bridge over a deep gorge and a river. After waiting for quite some time to get my exit stamps from Ecuador I walked over the bridge to Colombia, waiting for a while more while the man at the immigration offi ... read more

South America » Colombia

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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