Purace Volcano

A Crazy Cool Colombian Week!

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October 4th 2011
The past few days have been a whirlwind of events. Our first stop: Purace Volcano. We thought it would be a quick day hike to the crater of a volcano. We forgot one minor detail though - it is in the Andes Mountains! And the top is at 4700m! Which is about 1000m less than Kilimanjaro. We camped at 3300m in a beautiful area, with a view of the volcano. A fellow ¨gringo¨ (what the locals here ca ... read more

South America » Colombia » Popayan

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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