Santafe Boutique Hotel Bogota

... ist ab** auch nur Mi und Fr da, weil zu uns**em Projekt ja auch noch das „Ambulatorio“ gehört. Das ist d** Ort, wo die Kind**, die auf d** Straße leben, morgens hingehn, dort essen bekommen und betreut w**den, ab** abends wied** raus auf die Straße gehen. Wenn sich ein** von ihnen dazu entscheidet, „sein Leben änd**n zu wollen“, also diesen Prozess zu durchlaufen, den wir im Projekt haben, kommen ** zu uns in den „Hogar p**mantente“.

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... think he has finally sorted what he wants too do, and if he does book to come over, its going to be amazing to share this with him.
Studied some spanish in the rest of the afternoon before hitting the sack early. Bogota is right at the height where altitude can effect you, and I had a headache and was knackered from all the walking around.

2nd September
Another early start. My memory sticks were full, too many photos, too many memories! So dropped those ...

... music is playing and people are dancing. colombian music is amazing, and has such a mixture of styles. from afro beats to salsa, to cumbia, and at times all combined into one. im diggin it. learning. always learning.

i am really looking forward to exploring more of the country, and then heading back to the amazon. before i think i barely talked about how amazing the amazon is, and thats cause i really wasnt able to get deep into ...

... and managed to pass the time waiting for Tuesday to roll around and the city to wake up once more.

The museum I was so anxious to visit is the National Police Museum. Here, you are shown around by a young guy doing his national service. There are various exhibits, including a history of law and order, development of the police unniforms over the years, a display of armoury and uniforms and medals from around the world. Most ...

... prepared to leave Columbia, so this was unappreciated. On the up side, LAN, bless them, put us up in a fancy hotel with a breakfast buffet. Our flight was rescheduled for later that night. On leaving the hotel, I vacillated when leaving, wondering whether I should pilfer the mini-bar. In the end I didn´t, because if I was caught I could afford to pay. Of course I forgot that it is the things in life that you don´t do that you end up regretting. Lesson learned...

... muy sensual y sin ropa. Un trabajo similar realizó para la revista colombiana SOHO, pero en dos oportunidades. A su edad ya ha vivido en tres países diferentes. Se ...

... in their twenties and very handsome, very welcoming and then went to get the bikes from the cargo office, a 5 minute walk from the front of the airport arrivals area.   It was fairly easy to get the bikes cleared through customs and only one surprise $46 charge for paperwork, or as explained to me on the phone, for Columbian taxes that they could not collect in Panama.  So not so bad, and with the bikes only costing $620 instead of the quoted $650, they ...

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... to be taken to the land around an 1hr out of Bogota. Countryside is as we have been used to stunning, however having just spent a week and a half in El Huila, this lost some magic. Think we were far too tired to focus properly anyay. Meat and food delicious and plentiful, though there was little else to do but appreciate being out of Bogota for a bit! All in all had a great time, and we hope everyone else had a Feliz Navidad to!

... with NGO's in South America, the hours reading in the cafe next to my hotel, reading on Montserrat, and having dinner with Jose. I was glad to come back to Barranquilla, and see Lili again. We went to another soccer match, with her 12-year old brother, Raul. It was his first time at the stadium, and although he tried to play cool, he was very impressed and happy that we took him. Today, Lili and I got stuffed at a fish restaurant in barrio Las Flores, which sits on the mouth of the ...