Plaza Mayor in Villa de Leyva

Hike, Beach and Salsa

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January 28th 2013
Hola Amigos Three of the things I was planning to do before I came was to hike in Colombia, find a nice beach and do some salsa dancing. Not sure exactly what I will end up doing but for want of a catchier title, this is the plan thus far! I arrived in Bogota on Saturday 19 January after a 12 hour flight from Frankfurt and stayed in a quietish hostel in the nonbackpacker part of to ... 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