| |  | | | Colombia | Latitude: 4.6 N Longitude: -74.08333 W Capital: Bogota | | | | | | | | Travel in Colombia A total of 16 members have visited 26 locations in Colombia. Together they have written 16 travel stories and uploaded 323 pictures from Colombia. Last visit in Colombia was made 2008-08-23 by Hipressure who was in Sogamoso. 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  | Helen is cold :( but happy :) | | VERY cold here, but is a nice city- the ppl are very friendly. Cant seem to find any T-shirts sayin Colombia much to our disappointment, but there seem to be copious amounts of Chinese figurines and b... |
| | | |  | Scuba Diving Columbian Style | | Scuba diving from the small village of Taganga is touted as being close the cheapest anywhere in the world. For $35, me and Steve got two dives and a couple of hours at a private beach complete with ... |
| | | |  | 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... |
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