Wild canaries

Zona de Cafetera

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August 14th 2009
Monday morning we headed off early to Bogota’s main bus station, through some different neighbourhoods which were more suburban and more familiar to us. Very unlike the dusty chaos of the central area near where we were staying. Our bus journey started at 9am and lasted almost 8 hours, with only a 20 min break for lunch. It was exhausting to say the least, although Amy seemed to cope really w ... read more

South America » Colombia » Quindío » Salento

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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