Small Hotels Bogota

... barren, mountainous, and half covered in snow. The condition of the road nicely matched its surroundings - Many places didn't have hotels so we stayed inside Kyrgyz homes,which was amazing. It was the same deal with restaurants. Some towns didn't really ...

... David the hostel owner about all the dodgy stuff going on in Cali and what brought him here. Tomorrow I head to Bogota via a small town in between. Dec 29th - Cali to Pereira After bidding farewell to the great hostel Calidad (although a shout ...

... but I respect petty traffic regulations like I respect my wife, so we're going up it anyway'.        Bogota is almost three thousand metres above sea level, and it's eastern edge is jumbled up against the mountains. As a result ...

... Herman), the owner of Casa Platypus was extremely helpful. A long term traveller himself, he now owns a number of hostels and hotels, including the real hostel Platypus just around the corner. He took us to see one apartment and put us on the phone to ...

... shopping. Sesame street - Spanish words for the day: Ama tu vida - Love your life. Unbelievably, the bendy buses in Bogota (called the TransMilenio) have this on their dot-matrix display. I wonder if I should suggest it to Boris? Esmeralda - ...

... to get to our accommodation at about midnight to find our host was not there, not quite the early arrival or relaxed introduction to Bogota. We waited for Mauricio to arrive, he was at a party and a little drunk as he rushed us through the ...

... night was a cause to celebrate, between lounging at the hostel bar, house parties in the the luxurious basement of 5 star hotels, drinking chicha (traditional beer originally prepared by chewing maize and spitting it in a bucket) in small gritty bar with ...

... mom for her great cooking, Laura for putting up with our spanish, and all of their friends. Also thanks to Hector in Bogota, it was great to see him in Colombia instead of at Carleton! Our hosts in Brazil - Victor and Gabriela for ...

... to the east-side of Atacames revealed hardly anything. They definitely tried to get something going with bricked sidewalks and nicer hotels/vacation rentals but everyone was still scared to walk that direction at night. Many of the larger hotels were for ...

... held. The hotel itself was kind of old and reminded me of a Super 8 (I'm basing this on Seth Rosenthal's description of such hotels, not my personal knowledge). There was no internet access and no gym. I found out the next day that the reason there was ...

... experience of it in Africa!) and by the time we got to Beira it was one in the morning. Apparently none of the budget hotels had rooms so we mangled a bit of Portuguese together (Emma the maestro) and asked where we might find a hotel. Unfortunately ...

... and were entertained by a local Colombian band playing drums. We ended the evening round the campfire and stargazing. DESTINATION BOGOTA - We decorated the minibus with balloons and a banner to celebrate Donna's birthday. En route to Bogota we ...

... is very different from the rest. I also went out in the Zona rosa, which is nothing else than chain restaurants, boutique hotels, luxury shops and fancy places for tourists and rich Colombian kids. It was an interesting sight though to sit around and ...

... El Cocuy in the same day you’ll need to take one of the two early buses. San Gil – Take any of Copetran’s Bogota bound buses; around two hours, 20,000 pesos. The Copetran depot is located on Calle 54, No. 17b-17, just around the corner ...

... dotted amongst lush green parks and tiny paved alleyways, all kept within the old fortress walls. Walking past the boutique hotels, designer shops and expensive restaurants we wished we weren’t on a backpacker’s budget and both decided that ...

... headed back to the room and checked out the internet. Doh!..it didn't work. As I'd already used the hotel facilities I couldn't change hotels so I just relaxed and enjoyed what there was. I'll have to call the family from an internet cafe in the morning. ...

... in the morning. Asking the bus terminal security where the nearest hotel was I ended up just round the corner. Forgetting that hotels so close to a bus terminal are usually knocking shops I checked in. A night of banging doors, screaming, regular knocking ...

... of campesino (of the countryside). However, it does actually mean camping; during Saturday lots of young people, mainly from Bogot'', arrived and pitched their tents in the garden. They are here for the Saturday night shindig as crowds fill the main ...

... number one coastal tourist destination for both Columbians and foreigners. It combines a beautiful old town, a beach stretch with numerous hotels and apartments, the proximity to amazing beaches and dive spots as well as some very good night life – ...

... away. We slept a couple of hours, watched two movies and ate some nice food, and then it was time for landing. At Bogota airport we needed to change to the national terminal for our connecting flight to San Andres. We collected our luggage and checked-in ...