laurel says: aside from the escobar museum and botero museum (a-mazing), bogota proved to be a bust. but the real adventure began when we left the city for our bus ride to ecuador. riding a dilapidated bus for 24 hours thru the colombian countryside= pushing this germ-a-phobe to her limits. luckily the bus journey lead us to popayan, a gorgeous colonial town off the beaten path. we broke up the bus trip with 2 nights there, exploring the white washed city and touring the churches. now we are ecuador bound!
pablo escobar's gold-plated harley
the botero museum
columbian coffee, juan valdez style
bogota
popayan
popayan
emil says:we will visit spots that just somehow don't vibe with us, columbia was that spot. i am sure there are multiple gem cities/towns that we missed but as tommy boy said "you can stick your head up a cow's ass and eventually find a t-bone." folks were nice in the enormous, and in spots uber unsafe, urban sprawl of bogota, but coming from music centric and flavorful cuba the stop in colombia was blander than expected. looking forward to the galapagos.
Please tell me there were chickens on your bus. Oh pretty please. I'm sorry Bogota turned out to be a bust for you guys, but on the plus side- now you know that the life of a drug kingpin really isn't as glamorous as it seems if it means you have to live there! I'm sure the Galapagos will make up for it times 10, can't wait to hear about the turtles (and can't wait to hear Lonnie to FREAK out about them, since she's so petrified) ;) Safe travels! xoxo -Las
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