So I’ve left Colombia. I am writing this post from Niort, France, the city I will be living for the next seven months. I left Colombia about three weeks ago, spent some time with my family in Pittsburgh, and then came here.
The Long Goodbye
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Monthly Archives: September 2012
Bogotá: A Photo Essay
I’ve been wanting to go out and take photos of Bogotá for a while now, to remember the streets that I know so well, and I finally did. Most of these photos are from the northern part of Bogotá, and therefore does not give an accurate representation of the whole city, although some of the people in the pictures can be found all over the city, such as the flower sellers and street vendors. The rest of the photos are mostly of places that I often see, or are important to me, or that I find amusing. Enjoy!
Street vendor
Buseta along Septima
Typical brick buildings
Armed guard-you can spot these guys all over the city
View of the mountains from La Candelaria
Avocado stand
Flower sellers along the road
Another flower seller, offering his goods to people in their cars
Cyclists using one of the many bike paths in Bogotá
Exito, one of the main supermarket chains in Colombia
Umbrella Art outside of Centro Comercial Andino
Typical sign to label the streets
Bogotá Graffiti
Street Performers near Usaquén
Bogotá Beer Company (aka BBC)
A CAI-Police Station
Woman wearing a surgical face mask-not uncommon around Bogotá
Colonial-style architecture
Calle 100 Bridge
These shoes are simply too fantastic not to share (in Usaquén)
Fuzzy red plant that I see all over Bogotá and really like
Buying tickets at the Transmilenio Station
I will never understand why or how this sign came to be, but it makes me laugh every time
Cooooooofee Express
Bogotá is so beautiful when the sun is shining
The Wanderlust Chronicles 