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Better than Expected - Bogota

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July 5th 2012
I never in my life dreamed I would visit Columbia, yet here we are and there’s not a sniff of cocaine to be seen!! Columbia is 2600 metres above sea level so, even though it is near the equator and it is summertime, it is still ‘coolish’. Bogota seems to be prospering in the post ‘drug lord’ era. There are lots of new cars, very few old cars, new road building, and new developments. We ... 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