Bogota

• Country: Colombia
• Location: Bogota
• Date: 03/09/24
• Duration: 14 Days
• Company: Ale & Dani
• Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The reason for my premature arrival being to see a doctor I was feeling a little sorry for myself. Having heard a lot about it from my friend Dani that grew up here and Ale who I met a Journey Hostel I had a feeling I’d like the city. Initially I stayed in La Candeleria, more touristy with nice cafes, clothes shops and the Botero and gold museum but after a few days moved to my more preferred Chapinero. The area is more locals and also has a large gay population, Chapigay. Explains why the people here have a better fashion sense. It’s also the home of the majority of the better clubs in Bogota as well Theatron, the largest gay club in south America. Here I felt like a local going about my every day business and is somewhere I feel I could potentially live for a bit. I reconnected with Ale from the Journey Hostel and he introduced me to one of his friends Dani. We went to Mad Radio, techno club on Wednesday and then Video Club, techno and reggaeton on Friday. Later on I went to Theatron with Hannah, which was definitely my favourite. It has something like 20 different rooms, ranging from big EDM theatre shaped rooms to cozy rooms playing Latin music, so it was easy to find your vibe. My favourite being the cozy ones playing Latin music. To recover from the club I went with Ale, Dani and their friends to a waterfall a couple hours outside Bogota. If the traffic in Bogota weren’t so bad theres so beautiful nature close to the city to escape the pollution and noise. In summary like most the cities there’s not a whole bunch to do tourist wise, but the vibe and atmosphere in Bogota was preferable to Medellin.