• Bogota,  Colombia,  LIma,  Peru,  South America

    Hitting the Capitals – Bogotá and Lima

    “Our happiest moments as tourists always seem to come when we stumble upon one thing while in pursuit of something else.” – Lawrence Block Bogota When I arrived in Bogotá, I remember sitting in a cab driving from the airport thinking “I’m going to like it here much more than I thought.” I didn’t initially want to go to Bogotá.  After Panama City, Medellin, and Cartagena I was about done with high rise buildings and crowded streets.  Big cities wear me out.  For those of you crying hypocrite – yes, I’m aware that I have always been an urbanite by residence.  But traveling is different.  My favorite globe-trotting moments usually involve …

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