Colombia - what a nice surprise!


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November 27th 2010
Published: November 28th 2010
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We came to South America without Colombia particularly in our sights, although we were planning to come here. All the stories over the years of kidnapping and the drug war had made us a little apprehensive of Colombia like most of us in the west. However, the more people we spoke to who had been through Colombia, the more we were looking forward to it. So we got to the border of Colombia with Ecu... Read Full Entry



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28th November 2010
Taganga

Lovely!
Tom are u getting every more hairy? You guys look great. Love the regular posts :) x x
29th November 2010

Colombia sounds and looks great! I have Colombian friends who always said to me that Bogota and Cartagena were pretty safe these days, but not to take the highways alone to the beachs!
1st December 2010

Driving through Colombia
Hi Tom & Cat, I enjoyed reading your blog especially since I'm planning to travel through SA (from Chile to Venezuela). I have a question although you may not be the ideal people to ask as you are not driving around, however...do you know if there is there a problem driving into Colombia with your own car as I heard they refuse to let 2nd hand cars in? Do you know if you need special vehicle insurance there?
16th December 2010

Driving
Hi Mark, can´t help you there I´m afraid, didn´t do any driving at all

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