San Francisco Hotel Bogota

... airport with our newly altered tickets, two days behind schedule, but full of excitement about our first Brazilian destination..................Riiiiooooo ooooo!<br><br>Colombia had been one of our top places in South America - it had had the friendliest people by far that we´d met, and we´d seen some great places, in a safe environment. The place is poised to go off as a major tourist destination - we´re just glad we´d seen it before it´s boom. Five stars.

... im Fernsehen daran erinnert werden, dass Weihnachten ja eine sehr besinnliche Zeit ist, die man glücklich mit seiner Familie verbringt usw. und dann mit ihrer Situation vergleichen.<br><br>Bin mal gespannt wies laufen wird!<br><br>Wenn ich will kann ich die 2. Hälfte des Jahres im DayCareCenter arbeiten oder mit in Schulen gehen, denn Fundación Renacer organisiert dort auch immer wieder Campagnen zur Prävention usw.<br><br>Ich bin nun auch endlich im Besitz eines Stadtplans von ...

... told that the so called ´social cleansing´still goes on, but again I didn´t experience it fortunately.<br><br>To a tourist Bogota is just like any other city by day, but after dark the deserted streets of the Candelaria and the increase in police and military presence in the main streets perhaps indicates something sinister?<br><br>You can easily kill a few days here but I only have 3 and today is my last, with a few things still to see.<br>

... avond gehad daar in die club!!<br><br>Zondag nog maar een keer ronggewandeld in het centrum en verder niet heel veel gedaan. Met een taxi naar het hostel gegaan en me vlakbij het hostel laten afzetten. Althans dat dacht ik... Ik was uiteindelijk toch niet helemaal op de plaats waar ik dacht dat ik was. Niet heel ver uit de buurt maar ik moest wel ff een stukje lopen. En de Candelaria (de buurt waarin ik verblijf) is dus geen buurt waar je `s nachts alleen rond wil lopen ...

okay. so i am done with the buses on this continent. seriously. i can't take them anymore. I just recently completed a 37 hour haul from Quito (not a very cool city) to Bogotá... i thought of buying a direct ticket, but a travel agent advised me against it due to the extreme cost... but usually cost goes up in proportion to the convenience added. Hence, i saved money by not taking the direct one, but lost the convenience... the story is ridiculous ...

... 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and a maid's quarters.   We stayed up late - real late chatting with Michel and getting to know him and his friend from Medellin, Antonio.    We ended up sort of doing the same thing and never really leaving for Medellin before Candi got to Bogota.   Michel was so very generous and we really enjoyed staying put for a little while, watching movies, making food and staying up late at night talking we couldn't be better....

... through back in 2005. My reunion with Caroline and her now ex-boyfriend Levy was great. I can't even remember how we all met, actually, but Caroline was my guide to the Salt Cathedral four years ago when I came through Bogota and we've occasionally been in touch ever since. World travel can be really cool that way and the advent of Facebook makes it all that much easier. I also tried to see my buddy Elkin, who is the lead ...

... the boarder town of Ipiales which has an amazing church, I eventually made it out of Colombia just shy of my visa expiring. Colombia is a country you can completely loose yourself in. The people are wonderful, the country side is beautiful and the cities are comparable to some of the great cities in the States and Europe. My plan was to stay in Colombia for 2-3 weeks and I stayed for 8. More pictures of Colombia..... San Gil ...

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... a hike in the Corcora Valley, but unfortunately it was cloudy and rained some, but still very pretty. The wax palm, Colombian national tree, was in evidence, they grow up to 200 ft tall and tower over the landscape in an eerie way, as if they were from another planet. The walk was VERY muddy, but we made our way up to a small guest house at the top of the valley that has great views in clear weather but we ...