Hotel De La Feria Estelar Bogota

... Und es war wirklich beeindruckend – sowohl die wunderschöne Landschaft, als auch wie einfach die Leute da noch leben! Viel mehr außer Betten und nem Klo gibt’s in den Häusern nicht. Dafür jede Menge Schafe, Hunde, Hühner, Hasen… und ich habe auch wieder ne neue Frucht entdeckt! Hab leider wieder vergessen wie sie heisst, aber schmeckt ganz gut, wenn auch bisschen sauer!

So macht’s gut und viel Spaß beim Angucken der Bilder!

Besitos Toni

Puuhhh…! Nun weiß ich auch, warum sie unser Rückkehrerseminar in Deutschland in einem LUFTKURORT im Schwarzwald abhalten! Damit wir unsere, bis dahin sicherlich schwarzen, Lungen wieder etwas reinigen können! Woran es hier in Bogotá auf keinen Fall mangelt sind Abgase. In manchen Teilen der Stadt hängt sogar soviel Smog in den Straßen, dass man ihn förmlich sehen kann, wie dunkler Nebel. Aber das ist ja auch kein Wunder, wenn man sich die Autos anschaut die hier ...

... t open the lock. I’d just have to keep my fingers crossed that they could open it in Lima.

Arriving to Lima was uneventful and our driver took us a different way to the hotel so that we never saw the shanty houses, leaving me with a sense that it had somehow been unreal. It was dark and rainy out and I leaned back in the cab grateful that at "Left Luggage" they had easily popped my lock open with common tools. It was ...

... and ordered a tinto. Tinto is a small cup of black coffee served with plentiful packets of sugar of which I used two. The rain let up quickly and I again hit the streets freshly fueled by caffeine. I went to the Iglesia Museo (Church Museum) Santa Clara and enjoyed the amazing frescoes. Then I went to the Police Museum not so much out of desire but because it had been recommended to me. The museum is visited only by guided tour. This tour would have been a drag had ...

... 13 years, and contains some of the original features. As you might have guessed, the underground cathedral is constructed primarily of salt. The clever network of halls and chambers allow air to circulate throughout the structure, although it must be lit artificially in the entirety; it is underground afterall. The stations illustrates Jesus' last journey, his birth and his resurrection. There were lovely sculptures of angels and a piece that was ...

... saw one other person with a back-pack and decided to hang on to him like a life raft. Diego was Spanish and so could negotiate a taxi for us. Our toothless cab driver brought us through the deserted city streets towards a hostel. At some point he pulled over and explained to Diego that the hostel, or hostel area, was unsafe and he knew a better place. (´Pelegrosso´ is the Spanish word for dangerous and was one of the first I leart.) He probably was pals with the proprietor, but I didn ...

... in the overall scheme of my traveling experiences ! In this particular journey, from the time of departing Caracas to the time of arrival in Bogotá was a total of 4 days and something or rather more hours. Reaching the town of Puerto Curreño was in itself an interesting ordeal and consist of a 4 hour wait in Caracas most sketchy bus terminal (Bandera) at 10pm at night (thankfully without incident ...

... general is a little different as many people prefer to meet and drink on the streets beforehand. Inside the clubs, the bars areas are generally empty and the dancefloors are always full. I did get some strange looks every time I returned to the bar to buy another drink. Can you imagine that ever happening in Ireland or England? Sunday The weather had been mixed with some days beautifully sunny and others quite ...

... grown, such as the plaintain, yuca, guanabana and etc. Pretty cool, but think in terms of proper farming we are still on holidays. Its a year for good breakfasts, and the one we were offered here has to be pretty much equal to the Cartagena egg-meat-arepas. A starter course of eggs, followed by caldo (potato soup), followed by arepas, and a hot chocolate and cheese for dessert. 4 courses to start the day. Eat that Kelloggs. Hope all is good, hasta luego!

La complainte de Bogotá et Quito: comment dormir deux heures en Colombie A tale of Bogotá and Quito: how to get two hours of sleep in Colombia ---------- Une fois à Bogotá, c'est devenu sportif. L'avion pour le deuxième vol était prêt à temps, pas de problème. Nous avons embarqué à 21:15, et puis l'avion a roulé jusqu'en bout de piste. Et puis plus rien. Nous voyions d'autres avions passer à côté et décoller, mais nous restions là. Au bout d'un ...