Bogota, Colombia

Night life in Zona Rosa.

In Bogota I was sitting in the common area writing one of my blogs. A group of other backpackers come into the room and sit down with a handful of limes and a bottle of vodka. I could here some different accents; British and maybe Australian. After they asked me to take a picture, one thing led to another, and the next thing I knew Stephanie and I joined them in a night out on the town. One of the guys reminded me of my friend Charlie. He would always have his hands in his pockets, smoking a cigarette, and stumbling around. At one point he tripped on a curb and smashed into the side of wall, body slumped into the wall like a sack of potatoes. He rebounds and pretends nothing happened stumbling back into the darkness of the night. We drink a few Colombian beers at another hostel and then split up to check out other parts of the town. Stephanie, myself, and our new found Scottish friend Harry decide to check out the night life in Zona Rosa.

View of Bogota from Mount Monserrate.

The next morning we eat some food and walk up to the bottom of Mount Monserrate. We took this giant gondola up to the top. We hiked to the back side of the area where these two young police men offered to show us around. We watched the rain clouds come and go raining on parts of Bogota. The clouds would open up here and there allowing some sun in on occasion. On the way down we tried some Coca tea. I read in the guide book that it helps with calming altitude sickness. The lady at the stand poured each of us a cup. Steph's reaction; "It's really good!" My reaction; "what? it can't be th... oh my god it's hella tasty." Supposedly the mixture was with sugar cane, honey, and Coca tea.

Stephanie standing in the doorway of the church ontop of Monserrate.

We sat on the steps of the church sipping the Coca tea looking out into the city of Bogota. When we walked into the church and i looked back it almost looked like something out of a movie where Steph was an angel, standing in a glowing doorway. But nope, it was just Steph, nothing special. haha j/k.