Bogota

Bogota

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December 15th 2009
...The capital is the 4th (or 8th) largest city in south america with 7.6 million people and at 2600m above see level, on a plateau encircled by the Andean Mountains, it get has a pretty unstable clima. The weather (a topic which is always used when no other comes to mind) changes here dramatically from hot to cold, wet to dry and it always gets chilly at night. Staying at our hostel which was h ... read more

South America » Colombia » Bogota

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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