Gold Museum (Museo de Oro) Bogota

Well it's been ok so far.. The trip from the airport to the hostel was
an eye-opener, went through the red light district and it just looked
like Bogota was populated with homeless people and really run down
buildings.. Made me wonder what to expect. Then I arrived at the
hostel and I wasn't quite sure if the taxi driver got my …

My long-awaited meeting with Colombian filmmaker finally came this morning, when I went to his house in the area of Chapinero to meet and talk to him. I was quite proud at having used the Transmilenio and found the apartment on my own, though nervous at the prospect of meeting someone I'd studied! Thankfully, he turned out to be very friendly and …

11 januari. Na een wel zeer kort nachtje vertrokken we om 4u naar de luchthaven voor onze vlucht naar ons laatste maar zeker niet minste land van deze droomreis: Colombia! De eerste 2 nachten zouden we bij Elena haar mama, Patricia logeren. Al hadden we Patricia nog maar 1 maal ontmoet, zij en Elena waren meteen zo gastvrij geweest ons bij haar uit …

It's raining...a lot!

...and it's cold!

...not enjoying that...

Bogota is the world's third highest city at 2,625 meters above sea level...and having had bad experiences with altitude previously on Mount Kilimanjaro there was a certain feeling of trepidation however we both appear to be standing up to it well.

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To get to Santa Marta airport you can catch a cab at $15, get a shuttle for about $10 or catch the local buses for $1.40! that's 2 buses, one from Taganga, which drops you off at the stop for the airport bus. The bus takes about an hour from Santa Marta. Our flight was delayed which was good as it meant we could catch up with our friends Kirsty and …

Well, I have my computer now. I am at risk of becoming a writer, or attempting to anyways.

Traveling can be exhausting, as can writing about it. So, I digress. Such is the risk of reading blogs. They're not always thrilling tales of adventure and romance. Sometimes they're just pure diary-ria. You have to remember, dear reader, that is …

Milly, the tourist guide who led us on a walking tour of the historic Candelaria area, yesterday, finished by saying that there was no charge for the tour except that we should remember the welcome we had received in Colombia and extend it to any Colombian we happened to meet at home. She also introduced us to the concept of dipping cheese into hot …

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A frantic taxi ride took us into the old colonial town of Bogota. Our taxi driver delivered a constant tourist guide of the highlights along the way. Before long it became apparent that we had arrived in the area but the driver wasn't sure where our hotel was. But constant in his attention got as close as he could. Turned out our hostel was up a …

... artists but the most interesting rooms are those showing the Botero paintings.  We also went to the Museo del Oro (Gold Museum) which is a really impressive museum of hundreds of gold objects from pre-Incan and Incan cultures. It’s really ...

... and sculptures of Botero, Picasso, Dali, Renoir, Monet and so on. And of course, then we have Museo del Oro. Bogot'''s world famous gold museum. You don't go to Bogot'' without going to Museo del Oro they say. That's true I guess, it was very ...

... ), getting high on the toxic pollution levels. Our first port of call had to be the world famous Museo De Oro (Gold Museum)a collection of more than 10,000 pieces of Pre-Colombian golden jewellery and ornaments. WOW!!! The intricacy and beauty of some ...

... pretentious people than the bars of La Candelaria. Gold central Slightly jaded we dragged ourselves to the famous gold museum the next day. The Spanish came to Colombia first and with a rather narrow focus: gold, gold and gold. They found much of ...

... cathedral and the mountains in the background. The next day, we go and visit some of the Colombian wealth with a visit to the gold museum, which has more than 34,000 pieces of gold from the pre-Hispanic era. Bogota, is around 2,600 metres above sea ...

... oldest here and very nice however we are both a bit churched out so didn´t spend that long there. We then headed for the Gold Museum, a must see according to the guide books and the number one thing to do here according to Trip Advisor.  It ...

... mountain to reconnoitre the area around the Plaza de Bolívar on foot. The Museo de Oro is apparently the most important gold museum in the world, exhibiting pieces from all the major pre-Hispanic cultures in Colombia. Yes, the display was impressive, ...

... which gives the City a spectacular setting and also makes it feel smaller then a Capital City normally does. We visited the Museum de Oro (Gold Museum) which is the best of its kind in the world and has lots of intricate and shiny exhibits. It was ...

... . We made our first stop the Museo De Oro - this means the Gold Museum and it is noted to be the most important gold museum in the entire world. It was interesting and we looked through each section of the musuem, admiring the funereal masks, nosepieces ...

... . I take one picture that has a nice back drop. Back in the city, I head to the World Famous Museo del Oro, a large Gold Museum. Yes, I'm sorry if you just coughed on your cornflakes or fell out your chair while reading this, but yes I went to a ...