From the top of the rock

Awesome!

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August 12th 2012
Why do we love Colombia? Because here cab drivers honk at the police, because people are lovely and because it might be cheaper to fly than to take a horrible 20hour bus ride! So, when we finally decided to leave to Medellin we booked a $25/person flight the night before our departure. Seems like a pretty good deal considering the bus would have cost us at least $50!! It turned out we weren' ... read more

South America » Colombia » Medellin

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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