Lancaster House Hotel Bogota

... der Test total pippifax! =P Ich war in 15 Minuten fertig! Und unsere Profesora ging zwischendrin runter, hat dann irgendwas gelesen usw. und wir haben eher Teamwork gemacht als sonst etwas (nicht dass ich das nötig gehabt hätte natürlich^^ xD). Morgen früh gibt&#8217;s dann die Ergebnisse und am Freitag noch die Auswertung vom Sprachkurs im ICYE Office und am Montag geht&#8217;s dann los mit arbeiten! *oje* Bin so gespannt! <br><br>Aber wir lassen&#8217;s ...

... up. Given Bogota was at 2700m, the cool temperatures allowed you to sleep through sunrise - in my case around 2pm, so my sightseeing plans were slowed considerably by **** ups. Still, I managed to see some of the highlights, including:<br><br>La Monserate:<br><br> Viewpoint above the city accessed by a cable car or funicular. Really great views of the city, which seems to go on as far as the eye can see and gives new meaning to ...

Going to Colombia is still a country that inspire danger. Nevertheless, the country is working strongly on its image. It slogan: The only risk when you come to Colombia, is that you want to stay... I loved it. It convinced me. So here I am.<br><br>Surprising Bogota ...

... 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.<br><br>Day 2!<br><br>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 ...

... Also in this church is a small chapel dedicated to La Negrita: the black virgin. Commissioned in the 1600's, this image is apparently based on a similar image of the same name at a church near Barcelona. That was about all I did while in Bogota as the following morning I caught a plane to Leticia...on the Amazon!

... course Rio and its dual gems of Copacabana and Ipanema for unparalled people watching. Along the way there has been many happy moments, some sad moments, many funny moments, lots of frustrations, some nervous moments, some downright scary moments and always interesting people. I think you need 9 months to really see South America. I might just have to come back and finish the job. Hasta Luego Amigos, Raimundo

... slang and I find it hard to participate and share my point of view but I manage to get the gist of what they have to say; 'Chavez is a crook', 'the whole thing was obivously rigged', 'Venezuela is soon to become another Cuba', 'it's gonna take more than an election to get rid of this guy', 'time to start thinking about leaving Venezuela...´ The mood is one of shock followed by weary resignation and then it's back to work. No one knows quite what the ...

... you beer, and sometimes even leave you an ice box and come back for it later, nice. There's a local brown coloured rum called Cacique. Seema doesn't like rum much but I love it. Not bacardi, but this stuff is great. Mixed with coke, as a Cuba Libre is the standard way to drink it, but I prefer it with 7up. One night I ended up drinking a local home brew rum flavoured with cocoa, a bit like chocolate milk, called Guarapita de Cacao. Tea was fairly hard to find, the ...

hola otra vez! well, it has been a while, but we wanted to let everyone know that we have arrived safely on the island of margarita and we are writing to all of you from the gorgeous and the largest beach of the island, se llama El Agua Playa.....si es tan bonita pero hay mucha gente gringa aqui...lots of foreigners....so kinda touristey and expensive but good......naomi reunited with her dad and they have been having a blast talking about the revolution and her past and everything ...

... in the town and seeing a how the chocolate is actually made from the seed. We later went to an Afro-Venezuelan drum dancing. It sounded great and we all got up to dance. My third day in Venezuela was the most amazing. I took a flight to Canaima National Park and Angel Falls. Angel Falls in the tallest waterfall in world and can only be seen by plane. Our pilot was crazy, in a small 20 person plane, we were dipping close to the ground next to rivers the bulleting back ...