Villa de Leyva

Viva Colombia!

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December 28th 2016
The start of our whistle-stop tour of Colombia was a bit traumatic - our flight arrived late, it took us 90 minutes to get through immigration and our pre-booked hotel transfer did not bother to wait for us. As you can imagine, we were a bit stressed out when we finally arrived at our hotel at 2am. Welcome to Colombia! After a few hours sleep we toured Bogotá's highlights before meeting th ... read more

South America » Colombia » Bogota

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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