| |  | | | Colombia | Latitude: 4.6 N Longitude: -74.08333 W Capital: Bogota | | | | | | | | Travel in Colombia A total of 18 members have visited 28 locations in Colombia. Together they have written 20 travel stories and uploaded 425 pictures from Colombia. Last visit in Colombia was made 2009-08-05 by chrisnjenn who was in Cartagena. Have you been to Colombia? Click here to join and share your pictures and stories. |
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Short introduction to Colombia
Colombia was one of the three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others being Ecuador and Venezuela). A 40-year insurgent campaign to overthrow the Colombian Government escalated during the 1990s, undergirded in part by funds from the drug trade. Although the violence is deadly and large swaths of the countryside are under guerrilla influence, the movement lacks the military strength or popular support necessary to overthrow the government. While Bogota continues to try to negotiate a settlement, neighboring countries worry about the violence spilling over their borders.
Source: World Factbook |
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Travel stories from Colombia  | Tangled up in Taganga... | | Ah, I think I’m in love… With a place, and it’s called Taganga. Further east along Colombia’s Caribbean coastline, this little fishing port is somewhere Eduardo and Lorna tipped me off about, and I’... |
| | | |  | Sorry Mom! | | For the record, I took at least 30 seconds to think about the decision. But when Steve proposed that we hop on a sailboat for five days and sail down through the Carribean to Columbia, there was noth... |
| | | |  | Coffee and Cocaine | | So we made it to Colombia with no flaws. I´ve heard all the stories but I haven´t seen any cocaine, and I´ve only seen the Nabob guy once. So far we have had no muggings or anything of the sort, but d... |
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