Bogota Stories and Tips

Quote: 4) It is not hot! Don't think that because it is in the "tropics" it will be warm. Bogota is the 3rd highest modern city in the Americas (after La Paz and Lima), and because it is in the Andes, it will be cold; think…

Quote: The next day to Bogota. We had a little problem with air in the brakes and had it repaired at Auto Imperio in Bogota along with the cracked support they found to the right front spring. That steel plate is about 3/4 inches thick and…

Quote: April 15, 2025 Folks, So many of our friends have asked us about our trip to South America we felt that a note from time to time would keep everyone abreast of the trip. The trip will be done in 8 legs or so each…

Quote: A wonderful experience when visiting any tropical Latin American country is guarapos--the squeezed juice of cane sugar. And don't worry about the brown color of this delicacy! Squeezed by hand or squeezed by small steam engine, guarapos is a refreshing experience. …

Quote: My last night at the missionary compound I played cards with the family of a mission pilot who was out on duty. After a few hands the lights flickered, then died. The guerrillas had sabotaged several high voltage towers. 'In Guatemala,' I told my aunt…

Quote: It was a cool, damp, fall-like but sunny morning the first time I buzzed into Bogota's Aeropuerto Internacional. Customs ignored me entirely and I was about to exit the airport altogether when I spotted a man holding a placard that read, simply 'Allan.' The man…

Quote: One of the most impressive things about Bogota is the landscape that surrounds the city. There are always mountains in the background, most of them covered by beautiful pine or eucaliptus forests. And between all of the mountains that surround Bogota, there’s one that is…

Quote: Bogota has a huge offer for dinning. Few cities in South America (maybe Buenos Aires) have a wider number of choices. You can find great restaurants of typical Colombian food, as well as international, seafood or many others. The most renowned are: In typical Colombian food,…

Quote: 1 PESO = 100 centavos. There are coins in the following peso denominations: 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 500 and 1000 pesos. There are paper notes in the following peso denominations: 1,000, 2,000, 5,000, 10,000, 20,000 & 50,000 pesos. You will need your passport…

Quote: Amazing cathedral dug underground in a salt mine. Hard to explain exactly what this place is and how interesting it is; it is worth a visit for sure! It is around 1 to 1.5 hours from Bogota in the town of Zipaquira. The decor inside is…