Our first day in Bogotá was a lot of fun. The roads here are intriguing to say the least. I´ve never seen a place that accommodates buses, cars, bikes, motorcycles, skateboards, people walking, and a horse pulled cart all at the same time. There are lines on the road but those aren´t even suggestions as to where you should drive. The rule of the road here is if it fits, go for it. Anyways, we found several plazas de Simon Bolivar, the man who liberated Gran Colombia from Spain before it split into 3 countries(Ecudaor, Colombia and Venezuela).
We thought Paris was the pidgeon capital of the world but we were wrong as you will see from a photo taken at one of the many plazas de Simon Bolivar. A woman stopped us to give us a little brochure for a restaurant and when she pointed to where it was, 2 pidgeons landed on her arm like parrots.
The complex where the president lives and important government buildings.
We found several art and photography expositions and the art of the famous Colombian Fernando Botero, who is famous for his works of over sized and rounded figures. If you are unsure of what a cankle is, see the art of Botero, it will clear it up nicely. The flowers at the exhibition really caught our eye. They show part of the exotic side of Colombia in the midst of the city.
After a lot of walking, we took an hour long bus ride across town and had a nice dinner in a place that looked like a brewery back home. Even though it's early, we called it an early day because the next one was to be even busier.
We stumbled upon a museum of old artifacts from the natives who were living in the area of Colombia before the Spanish arrived. There were all kinds of small artifacts like spearheads and fun statues of gods. There are still descendants of these people in Colombia but they usually aren't on the high end of the social scale.
Near the presidential palace, there is an old church decorated with red and white stripes. Along the wall at eye level is an old blue painted mural of what looks to be the Spanish arriving. They brought Catholicism to Colombia and now its the most popular religion amongst the people.
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