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Villa de Leyva

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September 24th 2013
Our trip to Villa de Leyva started with a taxi ride to the main bus terminal. We finally managed to find the right booth and purchased our tickets to Tunja which is about 3hours from Bogota and a 45minute minibus ride from Villa de Leyva. The bus was due to leave in 10minutes so we grabbed some empanadas to go and headed over to the bus hoping that we hadn’t missed out on seats… Turns out we d ... read more

South America » Colombia » Villa de Leyva

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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