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Bogota, Colombia - ready for prime time!!!
Quick 5 day business trip - simply confirms this nation is firmly on the right track. A quick 2.5 hour flite from south Florida, its just a matter of time til Colombia is as hot as Costa Rica (and much more interesting with diverse landscape, people, history and economically important).
Jeny/Alejandro/Lisa: sorry I had no time to see …
Tuesday & Wednesday-Bogota
... try. We were brought upstairs where we had a whole room to ourselves! The waiter spoke no English so we had to just go with it. This was a really local place, you could see into the kitchen where it seems there was just one guy cooking. Davina enjoyed her ajocia which was kind of like a chicken/potato soup, stew thing. I had grilled chicken with rice, avacado and salad. Just as we left the restaurant the heavens opened. The rain bucketed down. We took shelter in a jewellers ...
Our Adventures Begin
... to two different areas--Commerical Central or La Galleria. We asked which area he thought would be best. He said he recommmended La Galleria.
We went there and he showed us a restaurant that was similar to a diner--not exactly what we had in mind. He said that inside the mall there might be/would be better restaurants inside the Mall. We decided to get out and walk as we really weren't getting anywhere with the taxi driver.
We went into ...
Al final de semana uno
... several cars to get around this system?! Still - all of these systems are so innovative and ahead of our systems in the UK - I really am amazed! Also - many of the pavements - esp in the north and centre have a double cycle lane on them - one for each direction of travel - keeps cyclists safe and pedestrians too and encourages cycling. I have also heard that by 2015 they hope to erradicate all traffic except public transport and taxis from the centre. Wow wee - love it.
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A day in the countryside
... platanos maduro asado (grilled seeet bananas), cerdo (pork), rez (cow), mazorca (corn, but not like US sweet corn, it tasted more like popcorn), and morcilla( which i later found out is intestine filled with rice, blood and peas.. :0) all the food was prepared on a big open grill. In Colombia, all food cooked on the grill BBQ style is referred to as "asado". All the foods were good and very educational ! On our way home, we began to drop into the valley where Bogota ...