September 28, 2012 @ Bogota, CO


First real breakfast in Colombia

It is cold in Bogota

Colegio agustiano de San Nicolas

Congreso de la Republica

Palacio de Justica

Mount ain goat

With shoes

Bogota Bike Tours

Secretaria Distrital de Gobierno de Bogota

Part of Carrera 7 is pedestrian only

Palacio y Iglesia de San Francisco

Graffiti even on lamp post

Mike, our tour leader, showing us some good stuffs

Colombia is the worlds largest producer of emeralds, constituting 50-95% of the world production

Street vendor selling cigarettes and gum everywhere

Some demonstration here resulting all the paints

Biking in the bike lane

Macarena district

Plaza de Toros la Santamaria

Me @ Plaza de Toros la Santamaria

Where the bulls are kept while waiting

Apt with free bullfight viewing (yet they complaint about the noise!)

Bogota mayor takes stance against bull fighting

Bullfighters in Bogota contest ban on spectacle

Handful of fights in Januany and February when the fighters are not busy in Spain

Me on a bull!

Santa Maria*s bullring

Bogota*s graffiti scene gets international attention

Arepas: corn flour based pancakes, sometimes made with cheese

Museo Nacional

Parking on the street

Biblioteca de Arte y Cultura Colsubsidio

Parque Nacional

The clock is broken

Landscape of Bogota and surrounding

No peeing!

Used to be neighborhood for the rich

Jorge Eliecer Gaitan Museum

Crossing the street

Apt @ Bogota

Beautiful day for some outdoor excursion

Student @ Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Bogota

Graffiti everywhere on campus!

Bogota is the main campus for the University

Also the largest campus in Colombia

Francisco de Paula Santander Plaza, unofficially as the *Che Plaza*

An ample campus with several green areas, open spaces, and pedestrian paths

Free campus bike contest

Feel like I am in Cuba

Bohemian

The students are not a big fans of American

Empanadas: meat, potato, vegetables and rice wrapped in a corn flour crust

Calle 26

Hospital Universitario Mayor

Biking @ 3000m above sea level

Biking and photographing

Cerro de Monserrate and Santuario Virgen de Guadalupe

Cementerio Central

Replicate of status found in San Agustin Archaeological Park in Southern Colombia

Parque de los Talladores en Piedra de los Martires

I need to visit the actual site in San Agustin next time!

San Augustin is a collection of ceremonial and burial sites

Beatifully carved and emit a power that touches on many levels

First Mercedes sighting @ Colombia

Raw coco beans (note green in color not brown)

Roasted coco beans

Bags and bags of processed coffee beans

Coffee factory

Do you see a swam?

In Bogota the law treats graffiti as a violation

In N. America or Europe it is a crime that draws large fines

3D nose ring

Passion fruit

Many variety of fruits in Colombia

Bogota is inland, so fresh water fish mostly

Passion fruit

Dragon fruit in yellow unlike the pink in Asia

Cherry like fruit

La Macarena

Cute little basket

Campo de Tejo los Bucaros

Played by throwing a metal plate at a board spotted with gunpowder, named tejo

Tejo is a traditional sport in Colombia

A lot of workout on this trip

Iglesia de la Veracruz

Walking section of Carrera 2

All gals on our tour, we didn*t get this pose

Colorful house on Calle 13

Colorful house on Calle 13

Colorful house on Calle 13

Colorful house on Calle 13

Masaya Intercultural Hostel Bogota

Chorro de Quevedo

Unofficial center of La Candelaria

Colombian model

Pretty graffiti

Bohemian life meets to enjoy arts, culture and music at this spot

Graffiti on Carrera 1A

Motorbike

Colombian lovers, so madly in love

Colorful house on Calle 13B

Cerro de Monserrate

Graffiti on almost every building!

Teeth

Goldfish

Women

Diversity

Empanadas Argentina style

Freshly made

Mix of everything

Iglesia de Nuestra Sehora de Las Aguas

Universidad de Los Andes

Take the funicular up and down, the hiking trail is closed

Funicular, 9USD roundtrip

Christ redeemer like statue looking over the city

Gaining 500m in elevation

Two fancy restaurants at the top

3,170m meters above sea level

Iglesia de Nuestra Senora de Monserrate

Santuario Virgen de Guadalupe, 3,260 meters above sea level

Sleepy doggie

Amazing view!

Me @ Monserrate

Me @ Monserrate

FF @ Me @ Monserrate

Iglesia de Nuestra Senora de Monserrate

Here for the sunset

Iglesia de Nustra Senora del Carmen

A true beautiful panoramic view of the city

As the sun goes down

The moon is out

A drink at the french restaurant while waiting for night shot

Bogota @ Night

Iglesia de Nuestra Senora de Monserrate

Iglesia de Nuestra Senora de Monserrate

Bogota is the capital and largest city of Colombia

Bogota is the most populous city in Colombia with around 8mil inhabitants

ISO 800

ISO 400

Time to leave after many amazing shots

Festival de Teatro Alternativo

Japanese food in Botoga

This is probably the worst Japanese food in my life

Lots of hip locals in this restaurant

Café on Carrera 2

Chorro de Quevedo @ night

Street performers


Plaza de Toros la Santamaria


Plaza de Toros la Santamaria


Beautiful panoramic view of Bogota


Beautiful panoramic view of Bogota


Beautiful panoramic view of Bogota


Beautiful panoramic view of Bogota