Hotel Centro Internacional Bogota

... zum Projekt. Ich koennte auch mit dem Bus fahrn, aber es ist wirklich nicht so weit, ca. 40 min, und ich glaube bei dem vielen Essen hier, kann das auch nicht schaden!<br><br>Das Projekt besteht aus einem minzgrünen Haus, mit mehreren Zimmern mit Stockbetten, einem großen Raum, einer Küche, 2 Bädern, dem Büro und nem großen Garten drumrum in dem 6 Hühner und 4 Enten leben. Im Haus leben ca. 15 Jugendlich zwischen 11 und 18 Jahren, sowohl Mädels ...

... noch die Mama vom Krankenhaus hatten abholen wollen, aber die passte nun beim besten Willen nicht mehr ins Auto!<br><br>Meine Gastfamilie heisst nun Samaca Torres und besteht aus 7 Mitgliedern + nervigem Hund:<br><br>Der Papa (leider weiss ich noch nicht wie er heisst)<br><br>Die Mama - ihren Namen kenn ich auch noch nicht, aber sie ist 51 und hat am 10. August ein Baby bekommen, deshalb war sie auch im Krankenhaus.<br><br>Omar Alejandro &#8211; der älteste Sohn mit 28 ...

... exchange, having exhausted the books we had brought. Carlos a polite and cheerful Colombian bike mechanic fitted us with our bikes and helmets whilst Mike, a journalist from the US, described our options for the tour. Mike, having lived in Bogota for 3 years, was an ideal tour guide. Streetwise with an excellent knowledge of the neighborhoods, local people, politics, history and the best sights in the area was able to offer us a variety of ...

... As soon as we came out there were loarge crowds of people standing along the roadside, it turned out to be Colombias gay pride parade, and there was 1 float , and lots of extravagantly dressed transvestites leading the parade, we both looked at each other in confusion, as we both had thought Colombia too conservative for this type of thing, but the crowds were loving it and everybody seemed to be having a good time!!<br><br>The area around the Candeleria is pretty dead, bogotans ...

... the hand signals to get a rough idea, thank them, then wander off in the direction they had been looking, retrospectively trying to decipher their directions. It was not such a bad thing being lost though. This particular day was clear and warm, unlike the weather I had experienced on my first visit. It gave me the opportunity to take lots of photos of places I wouldn´t otherwise have stumbled across. I eventully found my way to the museum by a process of ...

... tan agitada y cuando se le pregunta como ve su vida cumplido los treinta, y responde, "en diez años me gustaría tener un hogar, un hijo, volverme a casar -de su primer ...

... and most importantly, had a courtyard parking area to keep the bikes safe. We went out for dinner, the hotel manager making sure her boyfriend walked us down the street, armed with a nightstick and a loud whistle.   The city is a bit rough around the edges and this is not a very good part of town.   You could kind of sense it-but we had no problems.   Everyone around us seemed really drunk or really high and when we got back to the hotel we realized ...

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Drove through to Bogota with Maria's family...6 of us in the car plus the little dog of course! Mother of Mary Colombians are brave on the road! These people over take on sharp curves like F1 drivers! Anyways, we made in one piece and I got my first look at Bogota! very impressive city: clean organised, modern and the Chrismas decorations made for a sure ' kodak moment' We stayed at one of Maria's ...

... Magdalena. I am now reading Anthony DeMello's book, "Awareness", and it is very amazing. It made me think about our, human, existence, and I wrote down a few elementary thoughts. Existence. Why do we exist? Why are we here? The age-old question. We create things in order to verify our existence. We celebrate our existence through dance, music, art, thought, awareness, science. We try to give purpose to our lives by the addition of religion, to explain how we have come to exist... but ...