A Grand Plan Photo 9

A Grand Plan

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January 12th 2012
Last week, we decided to take the kids from Manos Amigas (my location) up a nearby mountain to one of the waterfalls to ring in the new year. Now this sounds like a grand ol' plan, but this is Colombia here, which means that this plan is really just a tricky situation. I actually almost didn't go that afternoon. The clouds were threatening rain, and I didn't feel like going on a really long hik ... read more

South America » Colombia » Tolima

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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