Bogota was not one of our favourite cities. We used it mostly as a stopover while I was getting better. Our hostel didn't have our reservation so they offered us a stay in their higher end hotel for a discounted price. This turned out to be an amazing place to stay, we had our own t.v, and private room. It was located in the La Candalaria area which is the historic part of Bogota. (definately not know for the saftey) Although the area was unsafe at night to walk around, during the day it was fine. During our 5 days in Bogota we tried to take in as many sights by day as we could. We went to the top of Cerro Montserrat by cable car, which was amazing because we could see the whole city from a different perspective. We went to an amazing gold museum... probably the best museum that we have been to in South America. All the pre-Colombian artifacts were perfectly preserved and the building itself was very high tech. We also visited a art museum featuring works of a famous Colombian artist named Fernando Botero and some of his personal collection of various other artists like Pablo Picasso, Renoir and Degas.
Security in Bogota:
During our stay we noticed a huge amount of security throughout the city, not only inside locations but on patrol throughout the city. Everywhere we went there were security guards or police or army officers with huge machine guns and/or service dogs. Although we never witnessed anything sketchy we definatley had a feeling that something could at any moment turn terribly wrong. And if you payed attention to the small detail you could see paint balls on some of the offical buildings and look out towers in the plaza centre.
~Nicola
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