Colombia - dodgy frontera crossing, crazy bus drivers and the world cup
September 10th 2010 When we were at home, and thinking about our trip to SOuth America, we had not really intended on spending too much time in Colombia. We didnt know whether it would be too dangerous (as the rumours back home imply). But Colombia turned out to be our favourite country in South America.
When we got to the Ecuador/Colombia frontera we crossed over, with only a couple of dramas. As we left the Ecua
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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 
