Young soldiers at lost city

Finally arrived in South America!!

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December 26th 2008
Well, Since I've been appearing in Frans blogs, I decided I better write one of them. So here goes the first Colombia entry. Well, Colombia gets a lot of bad press so it was hard not to arrive with a few preconceptions. In Panama we had seen the Colombian tourist board advertisements on the TV, telling us the when you go to Colombia 'The only risk is wanting to stay'. After a couple of days we ... read more

South America » Colombia » Santa Marta » Ciudad Perdida

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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