Tuesday, 5 May 2015

Bright lights, big city

Thanks again to Sergio and family for putting us up in Bogota, and thanks to the city for showing us such a good time! It was good to get into the mountains and the cool air after so many months in the tropics. The altitude of 2600m+ made us question our fitness levels until we figured out what was happening.



The Museo del Oro has a fantastic collection of pre-Colombian gold. At the museum we caught up with our old pals Ali and Jeremie, who we first met in Nicaragua, then hung out with in Panama. Great to see some familiar faces when we're on the road.

We visited an art gallery with a collection of work from Colombian legend Fernando Botero. He is known for painting and scuplting voluptuous figures.

Finally, we had our first game of "tejo". It is quite possibly the world's best drinking game. It is kind of like darts, but instead of darts you have heavy rocks, and instead of a dartboard you have a clay backboard with little explosive packets of gunpowder. Let me demonstrate:




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