The Transmileno

Bogota´s new and much plaudited new transport system, which is in essence an overground metro and allegedly is based on the Tube, although the only comparisons i can make is that one comes every few minutes, it is always packed to the rafters and everyone pushes and shoves their way on and off the buses. I have to commute on it for 2 hours everyday ... and I hate itl!

Downtown Bogota

February 10th 2007
This was supposed to be an entry on downtown Bogota, but unfortunately i managed to lose all the photos ... So we will now cut to a day out at the finca ... an amazing farm house about 2 hours drive from Bogota. I went with my volunteer friend Ben and the extended family of the family he is staying with. It was amazing ... a 5 hour BBQ with a lovely Colombian family and all the aunts, uncles, ... read more

South America » Colombia » Bogota

Colombia was one of the three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Ecuador and Venezuela). A 40-year insurgent campaign to overthrow the Colombian Government escalated during the 1990s, undergirded in part... ... read more

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