Sketches from the Big Bog; if you’re thinking of visiting or living in Bogotá, Colombia’s capital, these posts could be useful.

Bogotá: day trip to Ciudad Bolivar

Ruta de la Esperanza is a guided tour to the heights of Bogotá’s Ciudad Bolivar, shows the poverty and hardship of the city’s south side, and includes a trip in the new Transmicable cable car.

Jaime Garzón: The day the laughter stopped

Jaime Garzón was assassinated on the streets of Bogotá 20 years ago. Here we remember Colombia’s best-loved – and deeply missed – comedian.

Protecting the Cerros Orientales of Bogotá

A news story on Amigos de la Montaña and their work to protect Bogotá’s vulnerable hills.

Colombia helps Apollo 11 mission

Colombian cloth woven from Boyacá sheep lined the Apollo 11 command module

Bogotá’s Colmenares case, a tragic death…

A sad story of a student’s untimely death after a night out in Bogotá. Did he fall or was he pushed?

Bogota: walking up to Monserrate

Walking up the steep hill to Monserrate is one of Bogotá’s best pastimes. There is info here too on the Rio San Francisco walk, Guadalupe and Quinta de Bolívar.

April 2019.