Bogotá, Colombia 🇨🇴 

Claire and Amy seem keen to explore a bit of the city and as we discuss the day we agree on a decent coffee, followed by the gold museum before taking the Telefonica up to Monseratte at dusk for the panoramic view. We enjoy a flat white at the coffee place at the bottom of the hill before walking the couple of blocks to the Museo de Oro. I was ahead of them crossing the road and as Claire crossed she noticed her bag open and she has had her purse stolen. There was relatively little money in it, but still a bit of a shock. We stop in a bao bun restaurant for lunch and she can use the wifi to stop her cards, thank goodness she didn’t loose her phone. 

After that drama we still make it to the gold museum. It is obviously full of gold, covering different gold moulding techniques, use in rituals and different periods of history. This museum is one of the top attractions in Bogotá, but I think I have seen enough gold in other areas like northern Peru that I didn’t get that much from it. I think the girls are in the same place as we wander around other parts of the city, I register a SIM card for my phone and then we walk back up the hill to our Hostal. 

Our Hostal is very sociable and so we end up as a group of eight walking to the Telefonica. It is more expensive to go up at night but so cool to see the city in daylight, watch the sunset and then the city lights slowly show a different view.  We enjoy a spot of rum & coke at the top and after monster burgers the group continue drinking into the night.  I leave them heading to a club, looks like it’s going to be a messy night.