Salento countryside

We get to Salento early morning and find it’s a sleepy, little village surrounded by green rolling hills and fincas (farms) growing coffee and banana plants.

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Don't mind the news Mum, I'm off to Colombia!

April 18th 2008
Colombia has long been reputed as one of the most violent countries on earth. Where great coffee, left-wing guerrilla groups, drug barons, syndicated crime and kidnaps are rife. Where back in 2000, two crazy English backpackers were kidnapped attempting to cross the Darien Gap from Panama to Colombia and held hostage by FARC guerrillas. Where in 2003, ... read more

South America » Colombia

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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