Bogotá, Colombia 🇨🇴 

So funny this morning as I sit down for a breakfast and some of the guys arrive home after the night out. They are rough, but fair play for staying out till 9.30am. I spend the morning researching the best route to Medellin. Clare was home at 4am so I am able to wake her at midday to get lunch before the Graffiti tour starts.

The tour is really interesting, taking in the La Candelaria area where I am staying, before heading downtown for more political based art. The guide shows different styles of graffiti including sculpture, there are a series of green statutes all over the rooftops of the area and an artist that puts small masks on the walls. The art is legal if is an approved design and you have the wall owners permission. This position was made legal thanks to Justin bieber who after a concert painted some terrible art in the presence of police and thus the community successfully challenged and it was legalised.

We learnt about political art pieces and how children and adults still struggle for work. Street vending is illegal and people are not able to get decent jobs even if educated so the Colombia of today still seems fragile. The President is covering graffiti in the historic area and so a lot of what we saw will disappear, potentially to be replaced with tagging or vandalism rather than the artistic street art we got to experience.