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South America » Colombia » Bogota June 22nd 2015

On Wednesday, the plan was to go to el Centro to do all of the touristy things. Unfortunately, there were some protests due to some law changes (essentially they've outlawed the little street stalls selling counterfeit designer merchandise, and A LOT of people make their money that way, hence the frustration!). So we decided it was best to stay away from that area and went and watched Jurassic World instead. It's amazing how shopping centres and cinemas are the same in every city. A big difference is that they brought the food into the cinema for us during the movies, like gold class - I felt very ritzy! After the movie, we had lunch at Crepes & Waffles, which is a popular restaurant over here (Nat was super excited to eat there after two years in ... read more
Football and Fritanga
The view from the gym
Centro Aldino - Andrea, Tomas y yo

South America » Colombia » Bogota June 17th 2015

So I’m finally here! After a hectic final week sorting out all those things I left to the last minute, I had my last meal in Australia for a year at the airport on Monday morning (breakfast of smashed avocado - so typical), which I suspect will also be the most expensive meal I have for a year! I then jumped on the 14hr flight to LA which was as awful as it sounds (my seat included nearby crying baby for the true long distance flight experience). I wasn’t able to get any sleep from Melbourne to LA, but was completely comatose from LA - Miama, and then Miama - Bogata. My friend Nat and her mum picked me up from the airport at 1AM this morning. I’m staying with her in her apartment in Bogota ... read more




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