Our flight from Panama to Santiago had a nine hour stopover in Bogota, so we thought it would be fun to venture into the city, at least for some Columbian coffee. We got a taxi to the old town, which is a beautiful area, with grand colonial style buildings, winding streets, cosy cafes and a definite student vibe. This contrasted starkly to an area we drove through with the taxi…prostitutes in every door, old women sniffing glue in the street and just general bad feeling…needless to say our driver bent round and locked our doors for us.
I got to have my coffee which was delicious, especially with the addition of cardamom seeds. We found a little café tucked away on one of the steep hill streets and had a delicious local soup with chicken, sweet corn, potatoes, cream and fresh avocado…definitely a winter warmer for a much cooler city than expected. After giving the street llamas the obligatory stroke, we headed back to the airport feeling refreshed and ever so slightly jet set…JG
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