Morrison Hotel Bogota

... company and when the line was inaugurated its length was 40 km. In 1887 a new contract took place for the construction of the Zipaquira line. In time, the railways expanded across the Bogota Savannah reaching a length of about 200 km. The railway was liquidated in 1991 along with the National Railways of Colombia but lead the way for the Tourist train enterprise. The idea of tourist trains with steam locomotives in Bogota was born 1992. When the trains ...

... Freitagabend zum weggehn eingeladen! Sie kenne einen super Club im 40. Stock eines Hotels, von wo man ne hammer Aussicht über die Stadt hat, außerdem kenne sie den Türsteher und könne uns umsonst und als VIPs reinbringen!

Tja da sagt man nicht nein oder? =D

Aber es gibt eine Sache, die mich wirklich nervt! Man (oder besser ICH) kann nicht auf die Straße gehen, ohne dass mich jeder 2. Typ anstarrt (keine Übertreibung!) und ...

... Einfach so, an irgendwelche Gebäude oder Wände gepresst, mit Decken oder manchmal noch mit Müllsäcken drüber. Aber gut, hat ja alles geklappt und wir sind dann mit Wveimar noch in eine Bar. War total witzig: von außen sah das Ganze eher heruntergekommen aus und ich glaub wir wären da NIE alleine rein, und dann gehen wir durch die Tür und stehen in einer echt coolen Bar! Mit Beamern und Leinwänden auf den Musikclips liefen, Feuer im Kamin und einfach voll gemütlich.

Um 9 ...

... would be entirely appropriate), in a cheap pre-paid taxi (C$20,000 or USD10) for the hour-long journey it took to get to the La Candelaria part of town. I saw police presence everywhere. It is quite common in Colombia for law enforcement to patrol the streets carrying large assault rifles. While guns usually make me quite uneasy, they are pretty comforting here.

The streets of Bogota were filled with nice and large cars of all the ...

... central courtyard. When we awoke after our restorative slumber, there was a young woman set up in the middle of the courtyard, singing and playing a Tori Amos-like ballad on a keyboard while a wiry, exotic young man dressed all in white did a slow capoeira-like dance, and another man filmed the duo. The place definitely had a kind of an artsy, bohemian feel to it. In fact, the whole neighborhood had a kind of artsy, bohemian feel. It was certainly a backpackers haven, but ...

... br>Summer 2010: Island hop from Trinidad and Tobago all the way to Mexico via Domina, Guadaloupe etc...
Autumn 2010: Mexico!!! The country I'm really looking forward to seeing! Hopefully there won't be any piggy fiddling swine flu going on by then.
Winter 2010: I'll probably go home to England :-(

But we'll see. I may do it in half the time; I may run out of money or I may meet the women of my dreams and settle down somewhere. Who knows!

Take care,
Nick

... I could see annoyed Maciek opening the bedroom door and shouting out loud to Paul. "What is this place, it is after 11:00 and any normal person would be asleep! If you want to play loud music why don't you play something Brazilian! However hilarious this was I understood Maciek and that everyone is entitled to be annoyed and tired after 12 hours on the bus and sleepless night. At that point Paul understood the message as well, turned down the ...

... a bit of a mission! At the moment I'm just putting in all the pictures I took in the last 6 years and step by step I will add the stories behind it. It might take me a while, but hopefully I will finish it soon. For now I'm in Africa and I'm trying to keep this travel log updated correctly. Hope you all having fun and enjoying your life and your travelling as much as I do! Take care Cyril (Alone)

... know they have one) we had a great time with the kids and sucessfully completed a large portion of a fence, put up from scratch in their agriculrutal area. it was awesome. we're headed to barquisimento now wher we will be working in an orphanage. Ninos de la luz was such an incredible experience i can't wait tosee what the next place will hold. the team is doing great, and i look forward to writing to catch you all up on what's going on here soon! hope all is well! love, elise

Date: September 9, 2005 Mood: Happy Song: Como Olvidar - David Bisbal Note: To view my pictures, go to http://community.webshots.com/user/ezli fe228 General Background Venezuela is a developing country that seems to be in a time of great transition. This poor third-world country has recently been enjoying the many benefits of oil and because of it, Venezuela has been considered to be an economic powerhouse on the world stage. The oil boom has brought wealth and foreign investment ...