One of many sculptures in Manizales

Colombia - Manizales and Parque los Nevados

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September 7th 2010
Early in the mornng after the eight hour night bus from Bogota I arrived in Manizales. The city looked to me like a cyclone has picked up a Nicaraguan town of brick and tin roofed boxes and dropped them over the succulent fertile valleys and mountains of the Zona Cafetera - planning legislation would have been a good idea. The ramshackle suburbs sprawl over the hills criss crossed with wires and ... read more

South America » Colombia » Manizales

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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