Forte Travelodge Hotel Capital Bogota

... two teams from Bogotá. It was cool!! The stadium was packed and the fans were great. Not as good as Brazil but it was fun. Six goals were scored. Funny thing is we were not sure of the names of the teams so we called them the CRYPTS and the BLOODS. (They were red and blue) We did not want anyone to know who we were talking about.<br><br>I came home, packed up my stuff and went to bed. 9:00am we were headed to the airport and headed to Cartahena.<br><br>More to come!!!!

... Bogotá war recht chaotisch! Ich kam also am Flughafen an und habe auch gleich die Familie von den Fotos erkannt und lief zu denen hin und sagte: &#8222;Hola Signora Perez" und hab natürlich gehofft, sie würde mich auch irgendwie erkennen. Aber als ich ihr dann sagte wie ich heisse, schüttelt sie den Kopf und redet irgendwas von Franziska! Hmmm naja!<br><br>Dann hab ich mich bisschen umgeguckt und ein Mädchen und nen Jungen gesehen ,die mich auch schon vorher schüchtern ...

... was a fun train trip. It was a brisk 20 minute walk. We arrived at about 8-15 only to learn that it was full, and that you needed to book your seat a day in advance. We had somehow missed this minor detail in our planning. Disappointed we returned back to our accommodation discussing how we would rearrange our remaining days in Bogota. We decided we would see if we could do a bike tour, one of the things on our todo list. As luck would ...

... closed. We did a lot of sightseeing in Bogota, a bit of a change of chilling by the beach, it made a welcome change. We were very lucky to coincide our visit, with an Andy Warhol exhibition that is visiting South America, we saw all his famous paintings, Mao, Marilyn Monroe and the Campbells soup tins. All very interesting and good to see, afterwards we went to to the Botero and saw lots more paintings, Picassos, Monets, Renoirs, and the best thing was both these museums were free ...

... deseos de sus fans y se desnudó como nunca antes lo había hecho. "En Colombia son admiradas las telenovelas mexicanas, y ahora es un sueño hecho realidad estar en México ...

... in their twenties and very handsome, very welcoming and then went to get the bikes from the cargo office, a 5 minute walk from the front of the airport arrivals area.   It was fairly easy to get the bikes cleared through customs and only one surprise $46 charge for paperwork, or as explained to me on the phone, for Columbian taxes that they could not collect in Panama.  So not so bad, and with the bikes only costing $620 instead of the quoted $650, they ...

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... was for fights between people trying to hold oto the presents they did want while trying to sell those that they didnt and at 3am proved to be a lot of fun! Finally home around 5am with promises to meet up at 10 in the morning to be taken to a nearby finca (farm) for bbq and more partying. Got up around 11 with the phone ringing constantly asking where everyone was, and hurried to the meeting place where we piled into ...

... air pollution, and a few nice restaurants. Ok, maybe I'm not being quite fair, I didn't see much, but it was not really my type of city. The Plaza Bolivar and old city was ok, but nothing great. I took some pictures in the Museu de Oro (with some interesting insights into Shaman beliefs), and the church on Montserrat, which is located in the mountain right next to the city. The nicest moments were meeting with Nathalia at Fundacion Carulla, who will help me find some more volunteer ...