Colombia - for coffee, for root vegetables, and for inadvertent altitude training
March 17th 2016 After a solid few days in the highland city of Bogota, leaving behind the damp rooms of our accommodation, it was with anticipation we left for first a salt cathedral, and then on to our flight westwards to the centre of Colombia’s three alpine ranges
Packed up, and out the door of Casa Platypus by 8am, the traffic of Bogota rendered our trip slow, giving me time to talk and view photos of
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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 
