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Giron, Barichara, Villa de Leyva, Bogota

A travel blog entry by marc-patty

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... are the people of purely or mainly pure European descent. This divide of haves and have-nots is one of the reasons behind Colombia's guerilla insurgency. In fact, after our night out in the Zona Rosa, we found out that there was a grenade attack in two ...

Goodbye Venezuela, Hello Colombia

A travel blog entry by thymeoff

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... de Venezuela'. A monument back up in the mountains had commemorated Bol�var's liberation campaign - not only of Venezuela, but Colombia, Panama, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia as well. Born to a wealthy family in Caracas, he led many failed campaigns to ...

Surrounded by mountains amist a beautiful town

A travel blog entry by chillwithjoe

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We have decided that when travelling by bus in Colombia you must add at least 2 hours to any time frame they give you. Suprisingly the buses tend to leave on time but getting to the other end on time is a different matter. We left Santa ...

Another famously quaint little colonial village

A travel blog entry by stevelegassick

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Just 10 minutes away from dirty, busy Bucaramanga is the beautiful little village meant from ...

Family life in a little town

A travel blog entry by clintonb

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... Australia was even discovered by the British! They then showed us a few other historic places that were once the backbone of Giron's construction and formation. We soon met up with a hungover Fernandez at his work (looking after a carpark). We relaxed ...

Hotel of the Snows in another white city

A travel blog entry by jenandtony

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With more than a touch of regret we set off early in the morning from Taganga; we're heading southwards and therefore now undoubtedly on the final stage of our journey. We had spoken to a very helpful information place close to Jean's house and ...

I would walk 500 miles!!!

A travel blog entry by sandramcnicol

... !!! Planned to stop in Barichara, but it was raining and after yesterday decided to stay on the bus and head directly to Giron (close to Bucaramanga). Again a lovely colonial town, this time a smaller plaza but the hub of the town, everyone ...

San Juan Giron

A travel blog entry by mikeandmary

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Originally we were only going to stay a couple of nights, but the car park is so well situated for shops, for sights and for security that we have decided to stay longer. The town is only 9 kms from the town of Bucamaranga, which is the capital of the ...

Whitewashed Homes & Cobbled Streets In A Fine Town

A travel blog entry by amazingjourneys

Gir�n & ...

Colombia

A travel blog entry by bansemer

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Monday 19th March We attended to the border formalities and paid our 37,000 bvs exit tax and then continued onto Giron, a colonial town near Bucaramanga, recommended by Lonely Planet. We arrived on what was a festive holiday and the town was ...

We love our small colonial town�s......

A travel blog entry by dockerills

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... less picky next time but it was the most comfortable of buses! The ride was fabulous. The scenery in Colombia is just amasing. I think I need to stop saying that! Anyways, we did have one interesting stopon this route and ...

Colombia, Cartagena tot Giron

A travel blog entry by martenijzerman

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... mango's proberen te slijten Het leeft hier op de zondag, heerlijk dat wij daar deel van uit mogen maken. Groet vanuit een mooi Colombia. We are back again on the bikes and now in South-America, a new continent, new ...

To the mountains

A travel blog entry by nevandrena

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... looking (more Equadorian and Peruvian) with ponchos being worn by many of the vendors. After eating way too much, it was time to head for the bus depot again and catch another bus to our last destination in Colombia - Bogota about 4 hours ...

A short side trip to Gir�n

A travel blog entry by aanda

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Today we waited quite a while (1 hour, then check with some locals and wait another 30 min in another place) in the heat and sun for a bus to Gir�n. We eventually found it on a street parallel to where it should be! After a short trip we explored the ...

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