Mona Lisa

COLOMBIA PART 1; a pleasant surprise!

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September 22nd 2012
Our trip over from Venezuela to Bogota was eventful. We took the bus from Merida to San Cristobal. We arrived in the dark at around 8pm, jumped straight into an old Chevvy taxi and headed for the border. After paying the rip-off departure tax to leave Venezuela, we arrived in Cucuta on the border at around 9.30pm and took the overnight bus to Bogota. Our bus driver was a typical SA bus driver - ... 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