Andino Royal Bogota

... tired of plane food, and ready for some sleep. This is where i missed Sunday, it never happened... going to sleep on a Saturday night and waking up on Monday morning.

Flight four: Auckland to Melbourne, i dont remember anything by this stage and im getting fidgety and bored bored bored. Arriving in Melbourne to duty free (yay!), being stuck in line behind stupid and loud tourists, chatting to a cute guy behind me who had just been to Burning ...

... d** wichtigste Platz in Bogotá, weil sie dort damals die Unabhängigkeit von den Spani**n **kämpft haben. (@ Maike: Auß**dem gibt's da ne Menge Lamas! :D) Und g**ade als wir da waren kamen ein paar Wachen anmarschi**t, haben dann extra angehalten und wir wurden „genötigt“ Fotos mit ihnen zu machen! =P

Am Sonntagmorgen waren wir dann auf Mons**rate, einem B**g mit ein** Kirche. Mons**rate liegt auf 3.190 Met**n (mein Gastpapa fands ...

... area and avoid being out late if possible. We were somewhere in the middle. The main accommodation area of the hostel had communal kitchen and dining area as well as wifi. Unfortunately we were placed across the alley in a separate house, it had a kitchen but the hot plates didn’t work and there wasn’t much crockery. Our room was just about adequate with two single beds, a double bed and a bathroom. There was no room to spare. We settled in for the night.

... the plaza there were also many people cycling and rollerblading. At this point, I still did not know it was a bank holiday and I found it exceptionally odd but pleasant activity for a Monday. I then decided to indulge in a wander about, venturing down the busy streets, taking in all the energy and life. There were some fantastically bad street performers- One man stood with a boom box and sang out popular songs off a song list in a less than stellar singing voice. There ...

... filth, air pollution so bad in places that you have trouble breathing and the fact that sometimes you really did feel like you were a few steps away from being brutally mugged. What did l like? My hotel room had a balcony with a fridge containing cold drinks and there was a beauty contest in progress outside my window on the first night. It took the edge off a hard day :-)

But maybe I'm being a bit harsh. Perhaps it is a nice city if you give it a chance, All I know ...

... s a Sunday there were large groups of cyclers on the mountain roads as well as here in the city. My taxi took me to the Platypus Hostel in the center but when I got there there was a mix up with my reservation. Since it was their error, they put me up in their sister hotel Casa Platypus. When I had made the ...

Today we (Nancy, Her Mum, Sister and her Sisters boyfriend) drove up through the mountains to a small german settlement. It was founded in 1843, all the builings still look german in design and some of the people look a little bit european even though nobody really speaks german anymore. Walked ...

... dell' opposizione..che vorra´dire? Oggi e´apparso in televisione un generalissimo in uniforme e ha fatto un discorso di un ora di cui modestamente non ho capito un cazzo. Pero´ho capito che i generali qui piacciono un sacco. Questa mattina abbiamo tentato di trovare un passaggio via nave per arrivare a los roques.. un omino in una gurdiola del porto merci ha parlato un po´alla radio con un comandante che alla fine ci ha rimbalzati. Non ...

... meet Sara, Sonia and Lynsey on Isla Margarita. I must have been asked a hundred times by dodgy characters whether I wanted cambio. Then there was a lot of confusion at the departure lounge. They just seem to call out a flight 30 seconds before it leaves. But after asking whether this was my flight about 30 times I managed to get on the right "plane". It really was no more than a sophisticated flying tin can with 20 seats. I could actually see ...

... at all ends of the city. Next, we took the cable car up Mount Avila to get a glimpse of the city from 3,000 feet up. The views were incredible. From Mount Avila, you could see the Caribbean Ocean on one side and the massive city on the other. Mount Avila has beautiful paths that literally take you into the clouds. At any moment large clouds may sweep over the mountain tops, engulfing you in a grayish/white mist. Mount Avila is a great place to understand the layout of this chaotic ...