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Bogota!

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November 2nd 2012
So we made it to bogota after a 13 hour connecting flight from london to paris to bogota. We arrive not knowing what to expect really after hearing many stories about colombias past and lots of fear being driven onto us from the foreign advice bureau website. But after arriving in the late afternoon, we are pleasantly surprised that bogota is less third world and more like a european city. 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