Bogota

We really wanted to spend more time in Ecuador but with ONLY 3 WEEKS LEFT (where did the time go?!) we decided to head straight to Colombia as everyone we'd met who'd been there loved it.

Instead of getting a 30 hour bus to Bogota, we treated ourselves to an hour and a half flight, much nicer! We felt welcomed immediately, with lots of people telling us where to get off the bus and one guy even walking us to our hostel door!

The area we stayed in was really cool

We stayed for 3 dyas and packed lots in. We went to the Gold Museum, with a collection of over 30,000 gold pieces. Pretty amazing to see sacrificial artefacts from pre-hispanic Colombia.

Then we went to try a local delicacy, cheese and hot chocolate. The locals put the cheese into the chocolate and then eat it. Sounds weird but as John put it...

"I like chocolate. I like cheese. I like chocolate and cheese." Can't argue with the man.

Next stop, was to get the cable car up Monserrat to admire the Cathedral at the top and the view of the city.

We also went to the Botero museum, an artist who makes everyone and everything in his paintings a little fat, well morbidly obese actually. Our favourite was Mona Lisa.

We fancied trying a new activity and found out that there was a climbing wall in town, so we went to test our heads at heights. It was pretty scary but great when you got to the top!

Always time for a photo

Made it! This photo doesnt do justice to how high it was! At least coming down was easy.

And afterwards, relax

We weren't as good as this guy

Every Friday from 5pm, no traffic is allowed down one of the main roads in the city and people come out to watch street performers, eat corn on the cob and have a drink. This event is called Septimazo and it's a great idea. So there we were watching some street performers when of course they pick the gringo Sarah to participate. Given 4 rings and a coat to hold and made to sit on a bin, while one of them walked around with a juggling knife, I had no idea what I was supposed to do and my Spanish wasn't good enough. Fortunately the police decided they needed to drive down the street after all and the performers had to break up the party so we never did figure out what my starring role was...

Before audience participation

We'd heard about a great steak restaurant/ nightclub called Andres Carne de Res and decided to go. We got a bus there with some other people, it took us at 10pm and said it would take us back at 3am, so no going back early!

The restaurant was amazing and we shared some great steak

Then time to hit the dance floor

Looking a little weary

After 3 hours sleep, it was time to get up for our 8 hour bus journey to Salento, the coffee region. At least we could sleep on the bus, if the bloody woman in front of us would stop singing!!!!! WHO SINGS ON A BUS!!!!