The Weapon has bean Unleashed, but still not up to scratch
Before I get into our final night in Bogota, I just got to make a quick comment on how bad my spelling is in that final blog, obvious that someone was rushing me along in the internet cafe!
Now with that off my chest I get stuck into indulging all details of our final night in Bogota, the city that never sleeps! We started with a few brews around at the hostel, down the road for some Argentinian (still lovin it!) Steak & Wine, back to the hostel for a few more drinkies before we jumped into a 45 minute cab ride around Bogota trying to find this club called Cha Cha, located on the 42nd floor of the old Hilton building. Finally got there, awesome views, danced the night away, back to a friends for a bit in the morning, before being dragged back to the Hostel and down the road to the local milk bar for a brekafast beer with my new pomey mate Clyve (disgusting english habit I know).
Home to rest, up too soon and headed back to the airport to fly into Cartagena, old Colonial town with a fort wall built around the historical part to keep out pirates (was trying to upload photos but Colombia's internet connections are even worse than Bolivia, pretty funny considering it's about 10 times more expensive, sorry but more waiting will just need to take place, plenty of caribbean shots will be uploaded however when we hit Miami). Checked out some sites the first couple of days then headed out on a boat to Playa Blanca, a really remote beach where accomodation = hammock and shower = swim in the ocean. Lots of fresh fish, seafood and cold enough beer to keep our bellies full and plenty of sun, beach & reading to keep us busy throughout the 3 days that were to be had doing nothing at all! If your ever in the neighbourhood, be sure to drop into see Hugo (the guy that runs the restaurant, come bar, come accomodation on the beach) and he'll be sure to treat you like kings!
Back to Cartagena where the only accomodation we could find also rented rooms by the hour, but the cheap price, air conditioning, cable TV & good location helped us to forget about that all too quickly! Out for dinner, picked up a box of Cohiba's for $20, then home to bed. Set the alarm so we could go check out some more islands and hang out in a resort all day, but when it went off we couldn't be arsed so it was straight back to sleep. Spent some of the day trying to fix the 2G Memory Stick that we had bought in Bogota unsuccesfully, so we ended up having to buy a new one which is a nasty kick in the arse, we were able to get our photos off the MS though which was a decent enough bonus. I just gotta wait till we get to Miami now so I can claim it on warranty - Cameras & I really don't see eye 2 eye.
Headed further North East on our gradual travels into Venezuela, coming to rest in a small peacefull fishing village called Taganga where Lilla & I have rented an apartment for a week whilst I get my Advanced SCUBA Certificate and we check out the nearby National Park & Beaches. It's good being able to cook and prepare 3 meals again and the fruit variety here is amazing!
Fly from Caracas in a week and a half, drawing to an end 5 1/2 months in South America, won't be the last time we're down this way though, there is too much to come back and see still!
Now with that off my chest I get stuck into indulging all details of our final night in Bogota, the city that never sleeps! We started with a few brews around at the hostel, down the road for some Argentinian (still lovin it!) Steak & Wine, back to the hostel for a few more drinkies before we jumped into a 45 minute cab ride around Bogota trying to find this club called Cha Cha, located on the 42nd floor of the old Hilton building. Finally got there, awesome views, danced the night away, back to a friends for a bit in the morning, before being dragged back to the Hostel and down the road to the local milk bar for a brekafast beer with my new pomey mate Clyve (disgusting english habit I know).
Home to rest, up too soon and headed back to the airport to fly into Cartagena, old Colonial town with a fort wall built around the historical part to keep out pirates (was trying to upload photos but Colombia's internet connections are even worse than Bolivia, pretty funny considering it's about 10 times more expensive, sorry but more waiting will just need to take place, plenty of caribbean shots will be uploaded however when we hit Miami). Checked out some sites the first couple of days then headed out on a boat to Playa Blanca, a really remote beach where accomodation = hammock and shower = swim in the ocean. Lots of fresh fish, seafood and cold enough beer to keep our bellies full and plenty of sun, beach & reading to keep us busy throughout the 3 days that were to be had doing nothing at all! If your ever in the neighbourhood, be sure to drop into see Hugo (the guy that runs the restaurant, come bar, come accomodation on the beach) and he'll be sure to treat you like kings!
Back to Cartagena where the only accomodation we could find also rented rooms by the hour, but the cheap price, air conditioning, cable TV & good location helped us to forget about that all too quickly! Out for dinner, picked up a box of Cohiba's for $20, then home to bed. Set the alarm so we could go check out some more islands and hang out in a resort all day, but when it went off we couldn't be arsed so it was straight back to sleep. Spent some of the day trying to fix the 2G Memory Stick that we had bought in Bogota unsuccesfully, so we ended up having to buy a new one which is a nasty kick in the arse, we were able to get our photos off the MS though which was a decent enough bonus. I just gotta wait till we get to Miami now so I can claim it on warranty - Cameras & I really don't see eye 2 eye.
Headed further North East on our gradual travels into Venezuela, coming to rest in a small peacefull fishing village called Taganga where Lilla & I have rented an apartment for a week whilst I get my Advanced SCUBA Certificate and we check out the nearby National Park & Beaches. It's good being able to cook and prepare 3 meals again and the fruit variety here is amazing!
Fly from Caracas in a week and a half, drawing to an end 5 1/2 months in South America, won't be the last time we're down this way though, there is too much to come back and see still!
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