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Bogota

by | Jan 20, 2010 | Colombia, South America

I wasn’t sure what to expect from Bogota. Very much like Colombia itself, its reputation precedes it. It’s huge (9 million population), hard to travel around, some areas are total no-go areas for the average backpacker, and it’s cold, even in summer...

Emergency Numbers

by | Jan 17, 2010 | General Travel

Wallet Garden is a very simple and neat idea, which could come in very useful for travellers (and non-travellers alike). Create an account using an email address and password and it allows you to save the emergency numbers and web addresses for your bank. No important...

Is it Safe?

by | Jan 15, 2010 | Colombia, South America

One thing that I have been asked a lot is whether or not Colombia is a safe place to be. For sure it does not have a good reputation for safety, and everyone has heard of FARC, Pablo Escobar and the fate of Ingrid Bettancur. So, it has a violent past, does that mean...

Getting Around

by | Jan 6, 2010 | Colombia, South America

Having spent a very nice Christmas and New Year with the family, yesterday I arrived in Bogota. One of the first things you I like to do when arriving in a new city is try to figure out roughly where things are and how to get around, so when Laura gave me a Tourist...