Monserrate

Bogotá, Colombiaaaa

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September 22nd 2012
Hi all, I've been in Colombia for well over a week now so it seems like a good time for an update. I arrived in the capital city, Bogotá, around 5am on Thursday 14th after a couple of overnight flights from New Orleans via Houston. After attempting (and failing) to extract some Colombian pesos out of the ATM machine with my card in Bogotá, I took a taxi to my hostel which was located in La ... 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