I was really excited to visit the Museo de Botero in Bogota. The maestro, Fernando Botero, is one of my favourite living artists. Botero is one of Colombia’s proudest citizens, and a living legend in Colombia. Walk right in. We’ve been waiting for you. Botero’s recent 80th birthday celebration in Medellin included the unveiling of [...]
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A Jail I Want to Be In! The Museo Nacional Colombia
What other national museum do you know of is housed in a former jail? I guess fittingly, considering Colombia’s violent history, the Museo Nacional Colombia (National Museum) is beautifully showcased within the confines of a former jail. Are you thinking it’s as drab and boring as a jail? You’d be wrong; now follow along. [...]
Bogota Graffiti Part 2: The Art Safari
The Bogota graffiti scene has truly blown me away. There’s fantastic pieces of street art in every neighbourhood on everything from construction site murals to tags on lamp posts. I earlier took a Bogota Bike Tour to see some of central Bogota’s best pieces. They were spectacular. This sparked my interest to go into full-on graffiti [...]
Universidad de Los Andes Bogota Colombia
The Universidad de Los Andes was a place I wanted to visit while in Bogota. I find university campuses interesting. Universities are the heart of a nation; where the young minds are sculpted and encouraged. I visited EAFIT while in Medellin, and thought it was a beautiful campus. I thought it’d be interesting to compare [...]
Chicaque Park: A Bogota Colombia Daytrip
The Chicaque Park is a short distance from Bogota and a world away from the hustle and bustle of the capital. I was invited one Saturday by a local friend to go and explore this natural reserve and park just outside of the cities limits. Upon arriving at Parque Chicaque you take a jeep [...]
Hot Chocolate and Cheese a Bogota Culinary Staple
Hot chocolate and cheese? Yes, hot chocolate and cheese. This is a Bogota breakfast staple; and it’s delicious. I know what you’re thinking “you’re crazy”, and I don’t know why we need to keep going over this. Yes, I’m crazy, but it doesn’t change the fact that Bogota’s breakfast staple is delicious. A gourmet [...]
Monserrate Bogota Colombia: Climbing a Mountain on Your Knees
Climbing Monserrate Bogota (on your knees, more on this in a bit) is one of the most popular activities to do while visiting Colombia’s capital city. There’s three different options to get to the top: hiking, a gondola, and a train. The train and gondola cost 7,700COP/direction. Hiking is free, even if you use your [...]
Graffiti Bogota: A Bike Tour of Bogota’s Graffiti
The graffiti Bogota presides over within (and covering) it’s concrete jungle walls is truly spectacular. I caught the graffiti bug when I was traveling and trading in Brazil, and this has carried over throughout my travels. Rio de Janeiro has some of the world’s greatest graffiti, and I was truly entranced by it while there. [...]
Robbed in Colombia: A Guide on How to Avoid This Happening to You.
I was robbed in Colombia. There I said it. And no, I don’t mean some store charged me an extra 500 pesos for a glass of juice. I mean robbed in the most literal sense; two teenagers, two knifes, one less cell phone, and 100,000 less pesos. This is an article I’ve put off writing [...]
Eating Ants in Bogota Colombia
“You were eating ants in Bogota Colombia? Did you run out of pesos to buy real food?” That would be a reasonable question to ask a sane person after they told you that they were eating ants in Bogota. I, however, am not a sane person, so the question is not pertinent. The nice lady [...]
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