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Machu Picchu

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July 19th 2011
Well it´s been a long time yet again between blogs, with the rush of 6 buses, 1 flight, and one Taxi ride in 6 days after Machu Picchu to get to the Caribbean coast, being ripped off by LAN airways, then being robbed by Ecuadorians (including the second laptop), it´s been difficult to find the time to report on everything...but alas, here we are, on our very last day in South America..to tell a ... 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