jen and her old man's beard

rad, bad and gnarly dudes

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October 4th 2009
San Gil is probably not the best town to decide to ditch the taxi and walk, heavy with packs, from the bus station to find accomodation. San Gil is built on one of the steepest hills known to mankind, and what the guidbook maps don tell you is that the bus stops at the bottom of the hill and the hostel we were after was at the top of it. Having recently experienced bouts of homesickness we ... 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