Botero painting

Colombia - Attractions in Bogota

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September 2nd 2010
I spent six weeks in Bogota and have now covered most of the tourist attractions and made a number of weekend trips to the surrounding towns. I stayed with my girlfriend Angela, who I initially met through Couch Surfing. She has a comfortable flat in Candelaria, the old part of the town, close to the one of the universities - a perfect and relatively safe location. Candelaria is full of beaut ... 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