Bogota. Population 7.8 million. Colombia’s capital and a city that conjures up images of adventure. The final stop on our four-city, whirlwind, two-week tour. Bogota was unlike any of the other cities we visited, a place that marches to its own beat. After settling in, the first order of business was to adjust to the altitude as the city sits right in the Andes; at 2,625 metres, it’s third highest in South America. For the first day or two this meant drinking lots of water as we were constantly parched, though cervezas or vino tinto (red wine) were largely out of the question. To have any more was to invite a 12-hour headache. We stayed in an area of the city known as La Candelaria, an older part of the city where the Congress, City Hall,
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