get close and personal to the guardians of the tomb!

Ancient sites, coccaine, and coffee...Columbia!

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August 3rd 2006
1st August- 3rd August Finally crossing into Columbia had come too soon! strange to realise that i have been travelling for 5 months already! my longest travels so far! It was the journey from hell!!! Quito- border (Tulcan): 6 hours border crossing (1 bus, 2 taxis): 2 hours Ipiales- Papayan (8 hours) waited 4 hours for connecting bus papayan- San Augustin (8 hours)- o ... read more

South America » Colombia » San Agustin

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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