Botero sculpture

Medellin

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August 12th 2009
Arriving in Medellin we were having one of those times when you kind of with you had of planned better! When we left Cartagena we weren´t sure what time the bus left for the 13 hour trip to Medellin. We got up early enough and got to the station just after 7am, only to find the next bus wasn´t until 11am and we had just missed the 7am. We don´t really want to be turning up to these cities in th ... read more

South America » Colombia » Medellin

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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