Two Weeks in Bogotá


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August 2nd 2010
Published: August 5th 2010
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Colombia celebrated 200 years of independence while I was in Bogotá - with concerts, speeches and fireworks. The President opened a 100-year old time capsule. Bogotá, the guidebook assured me, had moved beyond its image of violence and drugs. But how to get to know a new city? Capitals are complex. They are extensive. They have long histories. They reflect the different regions and the po... Read Full Entry



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... as well as formal. These banners advertise different exhibitions celetrating the Bicentenary.
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These words of Simón Bolívar in a bookshop window add to the celebration.
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Some Bogoteños relaxed inside the bookshop on National Day.
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Bogotá is a city of books. One area is full of new and used bookshops and market stalls selling books.
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My Spanish class relaxes in a courtyard.
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The city has many very old churches and a variety of religous art from colonial times.
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In Calle 13 ...
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... a number of former citizens ...
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... have returned ...
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... cast in bronze ...
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... to admire the streetscape.
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I moved from the Hotel Áragon at the bottom of Calle 13 ...
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... with this view from my window ...
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... to the Anandamayi Hostal at the other end ...
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... with this view ...
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... a closeup of the church on top of the hill ...
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... and a traditional stove always warm ...
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... in the comunal kitchen.
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The building was made of bamboo and mud with crude wooden support, it dated back to the 1600s.
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The scupture Mano Izquierdo dominates the entrance to the Donación Botero, where everything is a gift from the artist to the nation which include European art of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries besides works of his own.



6th August 2010

Sooo enjoying your travels.
Thanks again for including me in you blog.I get so much delight from reading(and seeing) your adventures.No doubt you will have picked up the language and be speaking like a local :o). As for me,an accident on my bike at the Gold Coast has left me with a broken wing. For the time being there are no flights of fancy(or un fancy) by moi.Glad to know you fixed the tooth problem.Continue to enjoy your wonderful adventure and keep up the great correspondence.Salud! Margo X
6th August 2010

wow, great trip history
Glad tooth was fixed... the bane of my existence... but good to get another view of Columbia, and yet again I admire your language skills. happy travels from france.

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