Welcome to the big city! It wasn't actually that bad as I was afraid, except the pipe and coca which I found from my bed, nice welcoming gift ;) We changed hostal, didn't want stay there if there would have been some other drugs also. I liked the most the street art, graffitis. Lot around town and such an amazing pictures! Would have been interesting to hear the stories behind the pictures. We were told that it is much quieter around La Candelaria area because of Semana Santa (easter), but I think there was quite a lot of people anyway, locals mostly. We stayed in El Chapinero, much nicer and quieter area. Area was very modern and it didn't felt like Colombia. Fancy restaurants, no local food or street vendors, no rubbish or homeless people, very safe.
Bogota has hundreds of kilometers if cycling lanes, and lots of people using them, Sundays and holidays many main roads are closed just for cyclists and runners. We didn't have chance to cycle cos we desided to leave a day earlier, enough for city life. Not fan of gay clubbing or partying till morning, what most of the other guests were doing. We were happy with chilled beers in BBC, Bogota Beer Company. We checked the Museo de Oro and the view from Cerro de Monserrate. Travelled around different areas with TransMilenio bus, very cheap, effective and fast system if you know how to use it! Around Bogota there are quite a lot to do and if you like cities why not stay longer, but for us two days was enough. (Plus we shared a room with a person who snored so much! Seriously, I thought he was choking) Taking a night bus to Medellin, so another bad night sleep ahead.
Bogota has hundreds of kilometers if cycling lanes, and lots of people using them, Sundays and holidays many main roads are closed just for cyclists and runners. We didn't have chance to cycle cos we desided to leave a day earlier, enough for city life. Not fan of gay clubbing or partying till morning, what most of the other guests were doing. We were happy with chilled beers in BBC, Bogota Beer Company. We checked the Museo de Oro and the view from Cerro de Monserrate. Travelled around different areas with TransMilenio bus, very cheap, effective and fast system if you know how to use it! Around Bogota there are quite a lot to do and if you like cities why not stay longer, but for us two days was enough. (Plus we shared a room with a person who snored so much! Seriously, I thought he was choking) Taking a night bus to Medellin, so another bad night sleep ahead.
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| Almuerzo, typical lunch |
