Metrotel RoyalPark Bogota

... wie z.B. Granadillas. Man bricht si ein der Mitte auf und innen sind dann die Kerne in so ner schlabbrigen Fluessigkeit! Aber sehr lecker! (-> Fotos) Weiter hinten in der Halle kamen dann aber die Fleisch- und Fischstände und man kann bei manchen fast zusehn wie sie die Tiere schlachten! Da hängen ganze halbe Schweine rum usw. und es riecht auch entsprechend – aber gut, war trotzdem interessant!
Heute geh ich wahrscheinlich mit ein paar ...

... zum Essen! In Bogotá kann man so unglaublich günstig essen! Am Montag z.B. waren wir in einem vegetarischen Restaurant und haben eine Suppe, einen riesen Teller mit Reis, Tofu, Platanas fritas und noch so anderen Sachen, die wir nicht genau definieren konnten :P, bekommen, dazu Nachtisch mit Erdbeeren und Limo und das ganze für 3500 Pesos!! (Zur Erinnerung 3000 Pesos sind etwa 1 €!)

Eigentlich findet man in Bogotá jede Art von Essen, asiatisch, italienisch ...

... 20 cents each and we got to see the entire city as we drove in. The driver let us know when to get off at La Candelaria and we found ourselves in an old square with a market for locals. As we strolled around I felt for the first time in a long time that I had no agenda. We had 5 hours before we needed to be back at the airport and it had only taken us half an hour to get downtown by bus.
Bogota, Colombia claraz8

... with the mountains beyond. Very nice. And only me around to enjoy it.



After San Gil I continued on my journey south to Villa de Leyva, yet another restored colonial town. Actually, I had high hopes for this place but was slightly disappointed. It's the first place in Colombia that I've been that has absolutely no street food whatsoever. This lends a rather sterile and boring atmosphere and, although it's pretty, there's not an awful lot to do ...

... por todo bolivia. Sucre fue interesente y hermosa, pero necisité mas tiempo allí. Buena comida, siquiera*. La Paz. Que cuidad loca! Me encanta todo sobre esa cuidad, pero me sienté loco despues solamente dos dias alli! Monté bicicleta bajo el Camino Muerte, subío Hyanu Potosi (5800 meters... gracias Kosta...), y visito un prisión que fue muy interesente. No me gusta nuetros hostal, pero fue interestente. Isla del Sol, y Lago Titicaca. Que impresionante! La ultima ...

... wise; Northern Peru and Huarez is hard to beat, the Pampas in Bolivia are beautiful, Roraima in Venezuela is cool and eerie and spooky but Torres Del Paine in Chile reigns supreme I think for an overall trekking experience. Lastly beaches and coastline; Los Roques were without question the most beautiful, Galapogas the most interesting because of the wildlife element, Pipa in Brazil just worked for me and ...

... 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 ...