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Bogota - Gold Museum and Cerro Monserrate (January 2014)

January 6th 2014
Bogota: Gold Museum and Cerro Monseratte We went to the Museum of Gold in the morning with Flo, the young woman who lives in and looks after the apartment where we are staying. The Museum del Oro displays a vast and extraordinary selection of pre-Hispanic gold work and is the largest such collection in the world. A recent exhibition at the British Museum of London featuring 223 pieces from this ... read more

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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

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We are a married couple in our fifties who are in the process of adapting to the nomadic lifestyle. We are TEVAN: Travelers, Explorers, Vagabonds, Adventurers, Nomads. We have been on the move since March 2013 - France and Italy; North East USA; LA to Florida by RV; South America from Medellin, Colombia to Buenos Aires, Argentina by bus. We had a brief respite in Ireland before continuing the trip of our lifetime and our 25th Anniversary Tour! Our most recent adventure was a month-long drive around Puglia in Italy. ... full info

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20th January 2014

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Beautiful photo

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