Country Info
- Bogota
- Capital
- Colombian Peso (COP)
- Currency
- 40,349,388
- Population
- CO
- Country Code
Bogota Slideshow
Bogota
Travel Blogs from Bogota, Colombia
Colombian Gold
... went into the Botero museum (partly because it was free), which has a lot of paintings and sculptures donated by Colombia's favourite artist. Botero likes to exaggerate the plumpness of things (English readers familiar with the artist Beryl Cook will ...
Braces and Boob Jobs
... didn´t get to see any cos it was mother´s day and they were all closed!! can you believe it?! Another thing I loved, in Colombia in general, was the liveliness of the streets, with people singing and dancing (I even saw kids doing karaoke to an Abba ...
Bogota- Sorry for my divided attention
Poor Bogota. I feel like we didn't give it our full attention as by this point we were too excited about the states and all the Western luxuries that come with it (do forgive us but it has been 4 months!). I also had an argument with a tramp/beggar in the ...
Last Stop, the Capital
... had some issues with Avianca on this matter. - There are often web specials on line with Avianca (Colombia) and AeroGal (Ecuador) for flights between Quito and Bogota. They can save you a considerable amount of dineros. (View this entry´s Photo ...
So Long South America!
... price. We then found our way to the nicer part of town luckily where we found what had evaded us so far in Colombia - decent postcards! David and I bought some to send home which presented us with our next challenge, stamps. They proved very difficult to ...
Losing my mind
I have been on the bus for over 20 hours now and I just arrived into Bogota, Colombia. I was planning on staying in the city for a day or two before continuing north to Venezuela... but I have changed my mind and am doing something stupid! Just ...
Happy Birthday bogota
... of different sizes) was something new. then it was off to the bus terminal where we enjoyed our last avenas in bogota. our hostel was Centro Plaza Hotel carrera 4 # 13'12 Centro Historico la Candelaria www.hotelcentroplaza.com 15,000 pesos ...
Day 3 - In the footsteps of J.R.
... , yogurt and fresh cheese, fresh fruit, mullberry juice and whatever juice Marie had. All was delicious. Littering the streets of Bogota are people holding signs with 200 pesos per minutes on them. Originally, we thought they were selling sim cards, but ...
Last stop before home
... and lots of extravagantly dressed transvestites leading the parade, we both looked at each other in confusion, as we both had thought Colombia too conservative for this type of thing, but the crowds were loving it and everybody seemed to be having a good ...
Christmas lights in the city
... opted for the street food, meat kebabs and corn on the cob and it was delicious!. So onto our final day in Bogota and indeed in Colombia, very sad. We did a walking tour, as suggested by the Lonely Planet, which was fun (although the chocolate store it ...
Mal wieder: Ein erster Tag ...
... entfernt, und schon ist es wieder gefährlich." Was der Stadt allerdings an baulicher Schönheit (die Berge in Bogot''s Umgebung sehen richtig klasse aus) und an Sicherheit fehlen, kompensieren bisher meine Kollegen. Bisher sind alle sehr herzlich und ...
Bogota
... of juices although I think if we had stayed any longer we would have all developed a serious juice habit. With not much too do in Bogota we only stayed there two day before jumping on another night bus down to San Augustin in the south of ...
The Journey Begins
... whole trip please be praying for: * Safety in travel for all and for families left at home, such as mine in Colombia. * Good health for all the participants. * The new ECS Asia organizational structure that we are going to implement ...
Saliendo de Colombia
Este es un breve resumen de los lugares donde hemos estado hasta ahora. Salimos de Bogot'' muy temprano un Lunes, Febrero 26. Despučs de 11 horas de recorrido en bus, por el cual pagamos $40.000 cada uno, llegamo a Cali en la noche a casa de ...
The big arrival
... Wifi, hot showers, hammocks and a nice open courtyard. So far I have only seen out eh window of a taxi, but Bogota seems big, but beautiful. The city is 2600m above sea level, has a population of 8.8 million (thank you Internet) and is ...
Reflecting on ECS Asia
... is just the feeling we get with the ministries the Lord is leading us into with ECS Ministries. In Bogot'' most ministries are bite sized: teaching, counseling, leadership development, and assembly activities, even the Emmaus Evening Bible ...
Last days in Bogota
... Anne) and Anne´s niece. This even included a rendition of Waltzing Matilda. An early night was called. Although Bogota was interesting, I can honestly say that I am ready to leave and get some warmth. Its not particularly warm ...
Viva Colombia!
... drive was bonus also. Sunday started off with a healthy hike up to Montserrate, and ended up very unhealthly in a small pub in La Candelaria, drinking Colombian Rum (rough) and Club Colombia beer, which I am enjoying very ...
The funnest non wedding party ever
Flying in straight from the hike, it was straight off to Andres Carne des Res - what a place! The very funky furniture, a kind of Alice in Wonderland place where you have a great set meal and then dance on the tables and in the dance floor afterwards. I ...
Bogota, Bogota, So GOOD they named it once!
... and I had a few hectic days (including a friends wedding in an estancia outside the capital of Buenos Aires) before we flew to Bogota, Colombia (via Lima). We arrived at 00:45am and by the time we picked up our backpacks and reached our hostel it was ...
Bogota - Last night in South America!
... nbsp;left at 1.15 pm and only took 1 hour compared to the alternative option of a16 h bus ride. When we arrived at Bogota we watched a lady try to comfort her dog who had just come round on the luggage belt. The dog was frantically trying to dig ...
Museo de Oro
Wee visited the Museo de Oro, which we thought would be a real cool museum about gold. But instead of it being all about gold - like how gold is mined, how to pan gold, what the difference between 18 karat gold and 22 karat gold is? and all kinds of ...
No Hablo Espanol
... 9 million people, a helpful young guy at the tourist information desk, keen to practise his English he soon helped me out and I was on my way into Bogota. Arriving shattered I went straight to bed, the sightseeing can wait till the ...
first stop, Bogota.
Bogota - a great place to choose as our first stop in the continent. Friendly people, lots going on, good food, low prices, mad weather with big storms and loads of good bars and cafes. We took a few spanish lessons and wandered around just ...
Why are we in Bogota again?
... been a great one, our flight being delayed for 10 hours due to 'mal tiempo’ which then meant an overnight in Bogota, where I really didn’t want to return too. It did mean however that we would have another day to explore Manizales...... And ...
Bogota
... it more and that the Spanish took all the gold from south America, well you know what if all your gold is gone, don’t open a gold museum and fill it with wood and copper and a few pieces of gold. Sad to say goodbye to Colombia but not to ...