Day 69 (Bike Tour in Bogota)

This may be my best use of a day other than Spanish language courses during my whole trip thus far.  I knew I would only have one day here in Bogota so I knew I needed to make the most of it.  I hear they have fantastic museums here but since I had no guidebook for Colombia I didn't know which ones and where they are.  I decided to look on TripAdvisor and saw that one of the most highly recommended activities was a bike tour of the city.  Just my luck, after my bike ride in Panama City I knew it would be right up my alley (I hadn't realized how much I'd missed my bike, Justin you better be taking good care of it!)

The ride started at 10:30 and the location of the tour company was just right up the street from where I was staying.  After an authentic Colombian breakfast, I was on my way!

The ride was great and the best part was the very quirky guide.  He was a journalist from California who had been living down in South America for many many years.  At one point he asked where I was from and when I said Colorado he said he had friends in Boulder, of course you do, where else in Colorado would there be people as quirky as you?  Really was the best way to get to see a city and nice to be on a tour instead of wandering aimlessly on my own like I usually do.  I really have had it with walking everywhere.  Maybe I need to invest in a bike when I return to Guatemala.

I loved the guide.  Such an awesome quirky guy!

We got to try a bunch of these fruits.  I think I finally
got enough of my vitamins for the week!

One of these things doesn't
belong.  The vendor's daughter
is sitting in the produce!

Finally at a market where I can take pics.  Relatively
uncrowded plus I'm in a group of tourists so we all
stand out like sore thumbs.

National Sport of Colombia!

Bogota has tons of political graffiti!  We saw a bunch
along the way.

In the evening Julia and I met up with Mags, one of my good friends from the San Blas Tour.  We chatted the evening away.  So lovely to have a night with female friends.  Feels weird to be leaving tomorrow and be on my own again.  Strange feeling to not have any roots, decisions made effecting no one but myself.