Blogs from Bogota, Colombia, South America - page 47

Bogotá, Considering that Bogotá is the capital of Colombia we don’t have a lot of positive stuff to report. After settling down in our hostel we headed into the centre for dinner (the lasagna was no where near as good as yours dear friends taty and gio) and then we headed to the nearest bars, all of which were quite empty and we searched around and spoke to locals to find the best Rumba (party) in town but unfortunately it turned out that the Rumba starts on Thursday night and we were 1 day early...very disappointing. We ended up in a local bar with a live acoustic set and I won’t lie to you, I didn’t understand a single word they were singing about but they fantastic and it was great to sit and listen to ... read more

October 14, 15, 16, 2008 Bogota, Colombia We arrived in Bogota in the afternoon, following the 5 ½ hour flight from Santiago, Chile, and spent a quiet afternoon looking around the city near the hotel. This is a very nice and clean city nestled into the mountains at 2600 meters altitude. Wednesday morning we were picked up by our driver guide for a trip into the country and a visit to Villa Leyva about a 3 hour drive from Bogota. The drive was a great trip with some very good conversation with our guide and a few stops along the way to visit a farmers market, the craft center at Raquira and a look at some smaller towns. This area is a huge producer of “cut flowers” and there are literally thousands of green houses in ... read more

Here, in the Valley of the Statues, there are some hundreds of large rough-hewn stone figures of men, animals and gods, dating from roughly 3300 BC. Little is known of the culture which produced them, though traces of small circular bamboo straw-thatched houses have been found. There are about 20 archaeologic sites, with excellent opportunities for hiking. The Park which was declared a World heritage site in 1995, is about 2 and a half Km from San Agustin. The statues in the Park are in situ, though some have been set up on end and fenced in, those in the Bosque (a little wood) have been moved and rearranged, and linked by gravel footpaths. Of particular interest are the carved rocks in and around the stream at the “Fuente de Lavapatas” in the Park, where the ... read more

Was fuer ein unerwartetes S-Amerika Finale in Kolumbien Soeben haben wir noch die Laender fuer unsere S-Amerika Reise ausgewaehlt, und schon ist die Zeit gekommen, wo es nach 6 Monaten Abschied nehmen heisst :-( Vom Ende der Welt "Feuerland" bis an die Spitze Kolumbiens haben wir uns hochgewagt und jede Menge toller Abenteuer erlebt. Die letzten Wochen verbrachten wir in Ecuador und Kolumbien, wobei Kolumbien eigentlich nicht auf unserem Plan stand .... aaahhh, welchem Plan???? .... aber Aufgrund vieler Empfehlungen haben wir es in unserer Route aufgenommen. Nun zurueck nach Ecuador .... Von Banos aus, sind wir Richtung Norden nach Latacunga gefahren, welches eine Ausgangsstadt fuer den hochgelegenen Quilotoa Loop ist, wo man noch abgelegene Anden Doerfchen vorfindet. Es war an der Zeit, die im Rucksack ganz unten verstauten dicken Pullis wieder auszupacken, da... read more

I've just got back from another little trip around Colombia for the past two weeks that took me to a few places that I wanted to see. I took a night bus from Bogota to a city called Manizales that I had previously spent six days in and realy enjoyed. I was having some problems with one of my ears which happens every so often after diving, not a problem though I just take decongestants for a few days and it goes away. So I was on the nightbus from Bogota for eight hours and I was taking these pills but didn't sleep at all because the road is so curvy. Then when I arrived in the morning and found a hostel I started getting really sleepy. I went to bed and it never occured to ... read more