Safety In Colombia

SOME GOOD NEWS ABOUT Colombia!!; While Bogota has always escaped most of the problems of Colombia (except for the exaggeration of the news media and from people that have never been here) a very positive story has been reported about travel in Colombia over the holiday season. The story was covered on a CNN network. this refers to travel by car through out the country.
Here are exerts from the story: BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- A record number of tourists traveled by land throughout Colombia during the Christmas and New Year's holiday, the nation's highway patrol said Thursday. Between December 21 and January 1, more than 16 million tourists -- primarily Colombians -- traveled on Colombia's highways, up 40 percent from the same period the year before, said Col. Jaime Adolfo Leal, director of the highway patrol.

"This is an absolute record," Leal said. Hotels on Colombia's Caribbean coast reported a 100 percent occupancy rate during this holiday season, according to the Colombian Hotel Association.

While we do escape most of the problems here in Bogota we are happy to see the efforts being made and the improvements elsewhere. I am sure there will be MANY more to come.

Best Wishes to all for a great new year!!!

[Clay]

Please don't mislead ANY of us for one second. Almost all of these activities were military controlled caravans.