We have spent the day exploring Bogota and learning about the history of the city. Our Hostel Casa Bellavista is situated off of the well known ‘Plaza del Chorro de Quevedo’ and is on the most narrow street in Bogota!

Our first trip this morning was a free tour of the city following the history and development of the area of Bogota. Our guide took us through the streets and past buildings of historic importance and to the president’s house.

We got to try the local drink called ‘Chicha’ made from fermented corn, quite tasty!

Our tour took us past some of the famous graffiti across Bogota…

After some lunch we took the cable car up to the top of the city to Montserrate.

We also took a walk around the gardens up at the top of the Monserrate

 

 

The trip back down let us see the city from a different side and we walked through the town past the university and main square past the grazing Lamas!

 

 

Day 1 was amazing and we learned so much about the city, as well as taking far too many photos with our new camera! We finished the day off with a meal with others from our hostel and drank local brewed beer at the Bogota Beer Company. We are really looking forward to traveling to Ecuador tonight and will speak soon!

Chris and Hayley