Alsie and Me

Arriving in Colombia

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December 3rd 2014
Kyle and I arrived in Bogota at 5:00 am on Saturday morning hungry, exhausted and excited. We met up with Allison, our former roommate from Portland, at the hostel. We shared arepas and freshly squeezed orange juice before visiting the Museo del Oro (Gold Museum). The next day we went on a graffiti walking tour around the city and took a cable car to a beautiful mountaintop that looked over all of ... read more

South America » Colombia

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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