Blogs from Bogota, Colombia, South America - page 2

Sadly Colombia will pass at midnight tonight when I board a flight to New York. I had an awesome time here, was truly a game changing experience! As I've a little less than four hours before I must head to airport I won't ramble and no pictures till I'm in New York or home in Seattle. Where's next trip? Well I've ideas floating through my head already but won't divuldge them just yet. Stay tuned! Hasta pronto a todos.... read more

The last couple of weeks have been..... eventful, to say the least. Let's start at the beginning, before the robbery, before Colombia, even. Otavalo, the town with the biggest market in South America was interesting, hilarious and a little frightening at one point. We stayed at a hostel called Rose Cottage, about 3km out of town, up in the hills. It is a beautiful property, run by a gorgeous (and mildly insane) Ecuadorean woman named Rosa. She usually lives in London with her family, so we were very lucky to have her there with us, driving us around in her beat up 4WD (and getting lost), cooking us breakfast and telling us... well, everything! On our first day, we decided to go and see the market on a regular weekday, as we had heard it can ... read more

Well tis my 3rd night here and been mellow so far. Was up way to early for any sane human (read 5:30am). Did my morning thing before all the younger folks get up and use up all the hot water and generally make life more difficult haha. The "breakfast" here is coffee and a chunk of bread and cereal....yuck. So I slithered off a few blocks and got fixins' for a better meal for 5100 pesos or 2.90 usd yay. Then come 9am I wanted a certain map and so I pestered Ingrid the stunning receptionist to find me one, but alas to no avail. So wandered to the local tourist office where the day before there were huge albeit peaceful protests. Walked up to a national policeman with a teargas gun and asked where the ... read more

Well after 36 rough hours I'm in bogota! It's 1130 pm here and after 3 hours of fitful sleep in last 36 hours.....I'm gonna nap haha. No pictures tonight etc etc. I did however in seattle after having pre flight drinks with little brother meet a lovely woman named Carol on her way to Oaxaca. Arriving in LA i wanted a cigarette badlyyyyyyyyy so i left her with my luggage to look at some pictures i have of Oaxaca on my laptop. I was unconcerned about theft...you could tell she was a decent woman. Anyways turns out i wasnt allowed back in haha so we called each other numerous times missing each other each time until a TSA agent brought me my bags....haha im such a dumbass. But no harm no foul met a great friend ... read more

Buenas tardes from the courtyard of my hostal. Well I wandered the city a bit in between rainstorms and still feeling effectively buggered from my flights down here! But even so I did get out a bit today and took a few pictures. However I feel a nap coming on soon....haha. It's likely the altitude messing with me or the head spinning gorgeous women that are everywhere! It's been cool here which is great because that lends itself to awesome sleep. Bed is cold when ya crawl in but under the handmade wool blanket its perfect come 7am. Ok so a note on transportation here...I'm certain everyone has seen the articulated busses? Well here there are some that are....DOUBLE! It's insane...90 feet of bus.....dang! Pictures to follow of course. Be right back....I need a beer. Between ... read more

Wednesday - 31 October - Today i took a 5 hour bike tour of the city. It renewed my enthusiasm. It was an excellent insight into the history of Bogota. We visited a coffee factory, a fruit market the size of two football pitches, a cemetery, the red light district, the abortion zone, sampled street food, i even hung upside down on some graffitti (apparently it's what the kids do, not bad for an old bird, still your flexible friend!). I even made a new friend, captain Jack the Llama. It was hallow's eve and the city was thriving for it. Everyone was dressed up, especially the little kids. When we got back to the hostel someone had broken out the rum and people were chatting about what they would dress up as. I hadn't intended ... read more