Breton Hill Hotel Bogota

... 3rd highest major city in the world (at an altitude of 2,640m), we have now visited the 3 highest cities in the world, La Paz, Quito and now Bogota!<br><br>After a much better sleep in our private double room we got up early for a day out on a train. Eugene was most excited about this day as train journeys have been few and far between, actually we have only been on one train so far being the train back from Machu Pichu, but we were so exhausted and as it was ...

... Freitagabend zum weggehn eingeladen! Sie kenne einen super Club im 40. Stock eines Hotels, von wo man ne hammer Aussicht über die Stadt hat, außerdem kenne sie den Türsteher und könne uns umsonst und als VIPs reinbringen!<br><br>Tja da sagt man nicht nein oder? =D<br><br>Aber es gibt eine Sache, die mich wirklich nervt! Man (oder besser ICH) kann nicht auf die Straße gehen, ohne dass mich jeder 2. Typ anstarrt (keine Übertreibung!) und ...

... haben wir uns mit den anderen getroffen und sind zu der Disko gelaufen. Normalerweise soll man nachts überhaupt nicht durch Bogotá laufen, sondern immer Taxi fahren, auch wenn&#8217;s nur 100 Meter sind, aber wir waren wirklich eine große Gruppe und hatten, außer Wveimar auch noch ein paar andere Kolumbianer dabei. Die Disko war dann auch ganz cool! Die Musik eigentlich auch ziemlich Amerikanisch oder Europäisch, nur nicht ganz so aktuell und ab und zu ein paar Salsalieder usw ...

... out there without cell phones. <br><br>The former mayor of Bogota (who is now counseling SF), executed an ambitious project to reduce auto traffic and pollution in the city, including the widening of sidewalks, creation of many bike lanes, restrictions on auto traffic and the creation of the TransMilenio bus service. The express TransMilenio buses are effectively a surface metro, with their own lanes, fixed stations and far-reaching ...

... brick walls, exotic art, and a flickering fireplace, in front of which, an elderly Latino gentleman with a cane and a cowboy hat (the only one in the room besides us) sat looking pensively into the flames. <br><br>Day 3: Gold Museum<br>Thursday started out a bit rainy and cool, so we decided that this would be the day to check out the famed gold Museum near our hostel. The museum hosts an impressive collection of pre-Colombian gold pieces. I most enjoyed the animated and ...

... blind (not a comforting observation of the man whose driving skills held our lives in the balance), made a number of prolonged and unexplained stops on the side of the road. When he stopped for the thrid time around 5am, he actually locked the door connecting the cab to the passenger area, so we were held captive for an indefinite period, while we peered out the windows into a seemingly abandoned area, wondering where Squinty had gone. Finally, he appeared back on the bus ...

... The access to the Guadalupe's Mountain is not very popular. We decided walk to The Bolivar Plaza, took around half hour to get there, we walked between the most oldest neighborhood of Bogota, La Candelaria; area where you can visit museums, have great meals, etc. Ones at the square Plaza, they are the Big Cathedral, the Presidential Palace, The Major's Office, and the Justice Palace. Everything is very colonial, this is the oldest part of Bogota.

... of a real horse, not like the ones he tried at San Agustin or Santander. These were massive horses, and not only the horses but the farms we went to were really cool, with stunning views. You must be wondering if we ever tasted Bogota's nighlife. We went to a few live music bars and clubs, where Caro had the opportunity to show her musical talents by singing a couple of songs. She even got the opportunity in one bar to sing all night, while Ali (dont know why) ended up ...

... a el jueves 1º de abril de 1971, pero realmente la postergué para el sábado 3 de abril del mismo año; es decir, dos dias después. En la facultad tuve que hablar con la doctora profesora de psicoanálisis, para obtener el certificado de mis estudios, pues papá quería que los terminara más adelante; en ese caso entonces podrían serme útiles, a pesar de la aversión que tenía por esas cosas. Los demás me las exigirían. La dra. me dijo que por qué no esperaba unos pocos años ...

... afford and what would fill our tummies. Baz suggested we trekked out through a different part of the jungle when we were leaving. It would be a bit of an uphill trek but we would pass through a native settlement and see some different scenery. Well Baz was quite sick the morning we were leaving but we didn't realise how sick until we had climbed about 500m up on a bolder path. We still had antihero 500m to go before we reached the ...