Regency Bogota

... to stop the bleeding. She is doing great!!! :o)) After that, it was a lazy day. Friday night 12 of us went out to a safer part of town. We went to an Irish pub and then to a nightclub. I was bummed because it was house music and not salsa or meringue. (Robbery 5 happened that night) I was home by 1:30am. The rest of the crew stayed out until 2:30am. <br><br>Day 5 went to the hospital with my roommate and hung out there for a while.  Then I got to go to a soccer match ...

So hallo meine Lieben!<br><br>Erstmal noch zum Flug: Der Flug nach Paris ging richtig schnell vorbei und wir haben dann die anderen Deutschen dort ohne Probleme gefunden. Aber als wir dann im Flugzeug Richtung Bogotá saßen gab es irgendwelche technischen Probleme, und das bei AirFrance!! *juhuu*<br><br>Sie haben behauptet, das Problem wären die kleinen Fernseher, die jeder vor sich hat und wir sind dann mit einer Verspätung von einer Stunde gestartet.<br><br>Mein erster Tag ...

Today we got up early. We had yet another bad night due to some commotion in the room above us in the early hours that woke us up again. We mentioned this to the hostel who said that we could change rooms. We made a packed lunch, packed our day bags and headed for the Estacion de la Sabana which is where the tourist train leaves from, at 8-30am, to go to Zapiqura (the catherdral in a salt mine),about 60km north of Bogota. We have been told that ...

... destination and had to get a taxi to the hostel!! <br>Bogota is a very big city, one of the biggest in South America, around where we stayed in the Candeleria area, is very beautiful with all the old style colonial buildings, the first place we found to eat was an Israeli restuarant, specialising in oriental-hebrew cuisine, Daniella had a falafel and I had a kebab, both were very good, we wanted to go back and try the chinese, however whenever we went back for more it was ...

... a flatscreen tv. The only other change was several printouts detailing the symtoms of swine flu and precautions to be taken. One particularly cautious Indian man wore a paper mask everywhere he went. The next day I wandered out to do those touristy things I had neglected on my first visit. Amongst them was the Botero museum. (In case you are at a loss as to who this is, he is the famous painter of very fat people.) I took a look at a map before leaving the ...

... como una mujer consentida y ambiciosa, y asegura que ha cumplido todos sus sueños. Es la única actriz que interpreta dos papeles en 'Pasión de Gavilanes' e hizo realidad ...

We got to the airport and, not having any internet access again, we did not have any tickets in advance.  the flight we had hope to catch at noon was sold out and the less expensive airline had no more seats left.   We went to Copa airlines ticket counter but they told us that it would be cheaper to fly with Avianca.  So we got two one way tickets for the 6 pm flight. We flew to Bogota and had a warm smiling welcome from their customs officials, young ...

... and then Mike went with them to the main Police station. There were a couple that spoke a smattering of English and it was explained what we wanted. Once again Mike went for a walk, this time next door into a large parquedero which suited us fine (N7.04.11.50 W73.10.06.54). The street between the park and the police is in fact the first street of the historic centre so we could not be any closer if we tried.

... so traditional duck - though was delicious all the same, and then the Karaoke continued. We finally sat down - voices gone - at around 2am, and started the secret santa. Though this was with a twist. Each bought a present and placed it in the middle. Then picked a number to decide on the picking order. 1st person picks a present. Second person can then choose to pick a new present or steal from the 1st person. And so on. The ...

... I am planning to see Lili again, one way or another. Whether she can afford to meet me in Peru, or if I take a "abstecher" to see her again - I'm not worried, as I know that the only obstacle would be my will, and barring any change of heart, my will, will not change. Then, last week, I spent most of my time in Colombia's capital, Bogota, which, although an overall "underwhelming" experience, had some very important moments. The city has a population of 8 million, is a traffic chaos ...