San Gil

Adventure: San Gil

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October 14th 2008
The trip to San Gil took 14 hours on the bus. This included a change of bus in a city called Bucaramanga. The bus trip in itself is an adventure and you need nerves of steel. We checked in at a hostel called Macondo, owned by a very friendly and helpful Australian named Shaun. This was to be our home for the next 10 days. San Gil is located in the Santander province of Colombia (The heart of C ... read more

South America » Colombia » San Gil

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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