Hiking at 4730m

Onward!

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February 5th 2016
From the 'adventure capital´ of San Gil we moved on to the UNESCO heritage site Villa Lleyva - a pretty little town unchanged for hundreds of years, with the added bonus of Colombia's best fossil fields. We were practically the only backpackers in town - the whole place was set up for day-trippers from Bogota and as we were there midweek the whole place had a half-empty unused feel. We spent our ... read more

South America » Colombia » Medellin

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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