Hotel Bolivar Cucuta
Av. Demetrio Mendoza, junto C. C. Bolivar Cucuta, Colombia
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Stranded in Colombia
The thing with being on an organised tour is that you know where you will be on a particular date. On our tour, our mode of transportation was the beloved overland truck Rosita. Up until now, Rosita had taken us many mile across South America. Rosita had been kind, with only 2 minor break downs. On Rosita we were comfortable, we knew where we were going even it if did take us hours to get there, we always got there safely. Well after a couple of days ...
Last day in Cucuta
Today is our last day in Cucuta. This first week has gone by very quickly it seems. Last evening we were supposed to have a karoke night and party with all of the Rotary groups we visited during this week but aparently the girls were tired and it was canceled? My host family couldn't seem to understand this at all?? I dont know how much planning and effort went into this ...
Cucuta day 5
Today was a more relaxed day for some good old sightweeing around Cucuta. We first went to the main town square in honor of Francisco de Paula Santander, the liberator of Colombia. Also we went into the main cathedral in town... it was very grand! Next we went to a monument to where the main stronghold overlooking Cucuta. Cucuta is the city in which the Spanish were defeted and the origional proclomation occured ...
The last of cucuta
Friday morning, it was out of bed early to go to the food distribution center for all the supermarkets. Very interesting, and very big. There is also a market for people who want to do their regular shopping outside the supermarkets. We saw cow heads, hanging pigs, and countless types of fruit being sold in all kinds of quantities. And then in an area where we didn’t walk through was a place where the government collected all the ...
Cucuta 4
... community there are building a community center to help the children of the community. The commmunity center ranges from daycare for the young children, and serves kinda like a vo-tech for the teenagers. They teach vocations like cooking, sewing, computer services, and beauty school classes. It allows these less fortunite kids become self sustainable in their own ...



