Sunday we found the Ciclovia. Bogota shuts down a few of the big streets on Sundays. Then thousands of people come out biking. It is a lively scene with street vendors, performers, and protestors. Jill and I wandered over to the National museum. Another great thing about Bogota is many museums are free on Sundays. The national museum tells the story of Colombia from its first people until today.
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3/9/2015 Cartagena
Yesterday, we took a stroll around town. We walked to a hostel in Boca Grande and decided to move there on Monday. Jill wanted a window and it’s a little cheaper. Jill bought a dress, and we ate lunch at a place called Puerto Rico. The food was top notch and cost around 10 dollars. After lunch we met a man named Pedro; he was proud of Colombia and invited our questions of him.
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Today, we went to the Avianca airline bureau down the street. We were going to buy tickets to Bogota there. You see, last night we were going to purchase tickets online and it was a little complicated between the internet being annoying and a certain language barrier rearing its head. The store is conveniently about 2 blocks away. When we arrived they told us that the super cheap $40 tickets were only for buyers on the internet.
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I had an oatmeal breakfast with Jill. Then we walked over to the San Alberto Cafe for a coffee tasting with Coralie and Mikhail. We learned about Colombian coffee and the growing and harvesting process. We tried different tastes so we could identify the flavor of salty, sweet, bitter, and sour. That was easy. The hard part was doing the same with different smells.
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We rode a bus for too long to get here. The bus goes west to go east in Costa Rica. We arrived at 3:30 AM. Then we realized it was now 4:30 AM because the time changed. Jill slept in a food court until the security guard roused her. We found our way to the other airport by city bus and then a taxi to our hostel.
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When we returned to Antigua from the hike we were zombies. We ate a simple lunch and I fell asleep for 2 hours. Then we went out for supper and I ate a double cheeseburger that was entirely too big. I felt almost normal after that but we went to bed early again and slept through the night. The morning brought Saturday and a bowl of oatmeal that never tasted so good.… Read the rest
2/3/2015 Antigua
We went to the market this morning and picked up a few things. Then we went to find a baguette and walked up to the Cerro de la Cruz and had lunch. It was a beautiful day and we looked at view for a while. We looked in on the Candelaria ruin on our walk. It’s closed to the public and looks like it is someone’s driveway.… Read the rest
2/1/2015 Antigua
Today we sat around all morning talking to our new roommate Jasmine from Germany. We walked up Cerro de la Cruz at noon and took some pictures. Then we caught a shuttle to Cerro Santo Domingo it has a sculpture garden and a restaurant. We went for the most important thing first, the canopy zip lines. We soared through the trees on a bunch of different cables.… Read the rest
1/29/2015 Antigua, Guatemala
We’ve been having tons of fun here since our first day. I can’t remember what day we arrived on. The day after we arrived we found a lovely place for the right price. Since then we’re enjoying our practically private rooftop patio and finding delicious restaurants. On Tuesday we went on a walking tour. We learned, really just confirmed, that Antigua has little in common with the rest of Guatemala.
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