Pablo Escobar After finding the Pablo Escobar tour so interesting, I thought that I had to write down some of the stuff that we were told on the tour. As his id document states, he was born on December 1st 1949 with the name Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria, Gaviria being his mothers maiden name. This aided him in later life when he was able to go under two seperate names depending on the company he was in, Pablo Escobar or Emilio Gaviria, he was also known affect...

Colombia Part I Well the start to Colombia was pretty awesome. After negotiating the border crossing with ease, I then caught the bus to Popayan. I was still a little tired from the previous nights journey from Quito but the views on the road, particularly from Pasto onwards, was stunning. I mean I have been travelling through the Andes now for a couple of months but the views of the mountains and valleys that fell away on either side of the bus was breathta...

Colombia Part I Well the start to Colombia was pretty awesome. After negotiating the border crossing with ease, I then caught the bus to Popayan. I was still a little tired from the previous nights journey from Quito but the views on the road, particularly from Pasto onwards, was stunning. I mean I have been travelling through the Andes now for a couple of months but the views of the mountains and valleys that fell away on either side of the bus was breathta...