Bogota Hotels - Reviews and Rates

Air Canada Flight 963 (overnight)
Departing Bogota 00:40 am
Arriving Toronto 6:55 am

just arrived in columbia having spent the last week on a boat travelling up the amozon followed by a quick flight to get here tonight the hostel is gorgeous and has internet too so we promise we will try to catch up with you all - only 4 weeks to go ....

We arrived yesterday in Bogotá and it doesn´t seem all that great. We will go for a walk today and see if there is anything of interest.

Back to Bogota on Tuesday after a horrible bus ride of 8 hours. I was starving! Guess what? It is raining again!! Party again at the Bogota Beer Company, I need to upload pictures but I can't find a damn computer that work with internet!! It's coming!

The missus and I had a few hectic days (including a friends wedding in an estancia outside the capital of Buenos Aires) before we flew to Bogota, Colombia (via Lima). We arrived at 00:45am and by the time we picked up our backpacks and reached our hostel it was close to 2am. Bogota has a bit of a reputation and.... [Click here to continue reading]

Caught the 9pm overnight bus from Cali to Bogota, only gringo on a bus full of locals, got seated next to a smelly middle aged man who snored for 8 of 11 hours, and watched Premonition in spanish. 3 hours into the trip bus was stopped by a police check point, at which point all men had to get off with their carryon bags and be searched, then eve...

So the night before I went to take the bus in Cali at around 11pm. All cool. I took seat in the bus. Argentinian standards: very clean and new, fully reclinable seats. As in any Colombian or Ecuadorian bus, a guy climbed on and tried to sell something, this time some fancy bracelets. The way they do that, is by giving a piece of merchandise to e...

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Sara and I arrive to the Bogota airport at 8:30 pm on Thursday, Feb. 22. Sorry to disappoint, but O'Toole's predicted cavity search didn't happen...we'll save that treat for the return home from Colombia in August.

We're met at the airport by Manuel and his girlfriend Laura. Backstory: Manuel got totally screwed...

Sunday morning went for a wander around Ipiales and feel more confident in daylight. The main square has a nice church and small stalls are being set up with religious displays. After a wander around and some breakfast we notice a lot of shops are opening which we werent expecting on a Sunday so stock up a bit. Get to airport for our first of 2 ...

I really liked Bogota. In fact, it became difficult to leave after a week here. The Platypus is starting to feel a little like home after 5 nights, and I'm glad I have a tight schedule to keep me moving. I had wanted to spend one more day, doing some errands like laundry and catching up this journal, but Avianca airlines is dictating the pace. T...