We arrived at dusk, with dimming views of the cordillera oriental that borders the immense city of Bogota.
Our friends who we traveled with in Uyuni, Bolivia were also in Bogota (pure universal coincidence), we met up and decided to leave the next night with them to the cafetera region. But that still left one full day to explore Bogota.
The four of us wandered around la Candelaria and historic Bogota, passing through the immense Plaza Bolivar, the catedral and around the Presidential Palace. We were stoped various times by military police who had a look in our bags. There were parts of the sidewalk you could not walk on. As we passed the gates where cars shuttle through, we witnessed a car being inspected. They had mirrors to look under the car and 2 dogs circled the car- I was too intimidated to take a picture, it was unreal to me. It was suffucating to be around so many military police with arms tightly around cold machine guns.
After lunch at the famous fast food restauraunt, El Corral (yes, better than McDonalds), we took the Teleferico up to Monserrate and breathed in amazing views of Bogota.
It was fun to be with friends again- after seeing strangers day after day. That night we climbed into our first Colombian bus and headed off on our 8 hour journey to Manizales.
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