Hotel Quinta De Bolivar Bogota

... city with an old fortress around it to keep those damn pirates out, on of which - if I am not mistaken was Francis Drake!. I went to the Volcano full of mud to bathe in, AND I was told by the man himself that you are never too old for a revalution! Also this was on the Calle necesidad (which is basically the necessary street - cool eh)

2nd: Medallin, wow this place is not Columbia it felt so ...

... Tasche für Schlüssel, Geld und Handy wenn ich weggehe.

Was mir bisher an den Kolumbianern aufgefallen ist, ist das alle neuen Leute die man kennen lernt und mit denen man etwa Minuten geredet hat, einem ihre Telefonnummer geben! Und sagen man könne immer und zu jeder Zeit anrufen, wenn man irgendein Problem hat! Und zwar nicht nur Typen (haben sicher einige von euch gedacht =P). Find ich eigentlich voll nett, die Frage ist nur wie sie sich verhalten ...

... when you arrive, you get to the city center, more precisely to La Candelaria (bobo district) and discover a wonderfully preserved colonial city.

PS: I don'f feel like showing my camera to everyody, so no much pics for now. On the return, I'll do better...

... interesting (an challenging) tour and actually helped me to get my bearings. I returned to the hostel exhausted and took a siesta. That was about it for Day 1.

Day 2!

This morning I awoke around 8:15 and had breakfast. While eating I met Krystal, a woman from Sweden. We chatted a bit and decided to take on a day of museums together. Our first stop was meant to be the Donacion Botero, a museum with works donated by Colombia´s favorite artist, Fernando Botero. He ...

... I had considered upgrading to the Casa but decided against spending the extra money...but because they had made an error I now have the upgrade for the price of the hostel! Lucky me! The hotel is a short walk from the cable car and funicular railway that climb the Cerro de Monserrate. At 3160 meters, it offers a ...

... gun battle in Medellin. They have the clothes he was wearing when he got shot, his motorbike, numerous guns he used, surveillance material used to find and capture him and gruesome photos of him in the morgue and hundreds of other photos of his henchmen.... some dead, some in jail. By far a more interesting museum than the gold one! leaving Bogota for San Gil (about 8 hrs away) the adventure capital of colombia! xx

... cutting a long story short we ended up getting out of the taxi and getting a different one who took us straight to our hostel. On arrival the hostel (Sue) no longer had a room for us but we found one at La Candelaria and yes there was water!!

Week 8 Tuesday It was a welcome relief to land in Colombia. It brought renewed energy and the expectation of nicer cities, nicer people and higher standards of living. Also this was the beginning of the main part of my trip, some 3 1/2 months in South America, containing the most anticipated experiences, The Worlds Most Dangerous Road, The Inca trail to Machu Picchu, The Amazon, Carnival in Rio, The Iguazu Falls ...

... Colombian Family Welfare Institute, Bienestar Familiar for Colombian Children Adoptions, various Medical facilities for Plastic and Lasik surgery and Cosmetic Dental Work. The apartment is only ten minute walk to Bogotá's newest and largest Shopping Mall in Colombia: Gran Station. There are nice pastry shops and restaurants all around the area: Italian, Mexican, TGIF, Crepes and Waffles, El Corral (great hamburgers), and many more. I enjoy ...

... planned cos of a Luna family wedding where Ali would be swamped with the Luna family. Thrown in at the deep end didn't come close, an introduction to latin american families, being that they are generally huge, and full of Maria's and Jorge's! Pleased to say there was an open bar for long enough that the whiskey helped most of the complicated stuff. Ali's initiation went something like this: "Er.. Ali, you do know its considered rude in Colombian ...