welcome to Bogota Colombia today we're boarding an Avianca flight heading from
Los Angeles to Bogota a seven-hour flight on this flight we got upgraded to
business class one of the best business classes in Latin America we were able to
upgrade using the bid system and a Bianca's business class auction it was
totally worth it because it came with a meal and Chilean wine
finally we land in Bogota one of the most cosmopolitan cities in Latin
America home to 8 million people the city is sprawling and mountainous at
8,500 feet high let's check into our hotel. This is our room.
We just arrived in Bogota, this is the BH Hotel. Nice little hotel comes with free breakfast
This is the bathroom
Only problem is - we ordered a double bed
meaning we thought it was going to be two beds but it's just one
So if you want to have two beds, get the twin
But other than that, nice little hotel
so a couple more things about this hotel the rate was about fifty US dollars per
night it's very clean there's hardwood floors and it came with real Colombian
coffee the hotel included a free breakfast with Colombian favorites such
as coffee fresh food and tamales we take a 30 minute taxi ride to the center of
the city to join the free walking tour which met outside the museo de oro here
we get to learn the history of bogota from the locals
the walking tour Beyond Columbia meets at 10 a.m. and gives historical
information about Columbia have you ever wondered why Ecuador Venezuela and
Colombia have the same color flag they used to be part of Gran Colombia our
guide explains what happened after Simon Bolivar died Ecuador and Venezuela
approached us and told us or informed us that they were going to succeed from the
Union. Rush hour traffic in Bogota please trust me when I tell these
the worst you'll encounter. Colombia is enjoying a peaceful time in their
history they were even named the country of the Year by The Economist in 2016 our
guide explains why no but the FARC the biggest and most powerful guerrilla in
Colombia the in the year 2016 signed a peace agreement with our
government yes they are running the the running for politics know that yes and
however ELN the second most powerful one still active. Right across the street an
important political event occurred the populist party leader Jorge Eliécer Gaitán
was assassinated in 1948 which caused huge riots on the streets of
Bogota and later gave rise to the group called the FARC. The spot is
inconspicuous now right next to a McDonald's.
That's the shrine of Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, he was shot
three times in the back. So this whole area was burned down after
the assassination so they rebuilt it it used to be Spanish
colonial but now 1950s architectures now on a brighter
note can you guess what one of Columbia's top exports is and no it is
not white but green. Afew years ago a very famous actress known as Angelina
Jolie she sent here to Colombia a couple of jewelry experts to purchase for her
Colombian emeralds let me show you what they got for her this is what they
acquired for her
so here just to let you know that we're about to enter la candelaria district
now we head to the Candelaria district one of the most colorful historic parts
of town
walking around the spanish-colonial section they're doing a little
construction but look at all these colors
in the other building like the maker now time to try some other traditional
Colombian drinks drink of South America in pre-hispanic time
no guys please not to be confused with cocaine all right
coca leaf and cocaine are two separate things. Thinking that cocaine and coca
are the same it's like saying that the fort and potatoes are the same Colombian
coffee Brazilian coffee are not better or worse they are different they are
totally different people asked us which is better
Brazilian cover Colombian coffee not different right Brazilian coffee in his
majority it comes from the robusta struggle
yeah
The chucula rocks my friends are made for an amazing hot drink to start your day with
just got the chucula drink and kind of smells like chocolate but it's not we
all got different drinks Mike got a original beer from the region, BP got coca tea
and i got, how do you say this. Chucula. Chucula.
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lots of gold and emeralds
Statues found all over La Candelaria on the rooftops, to display
the everyday life of Bogotarians. so in order not only artists but you see many other
skills and you know professions
So manycolors lots of art Bogota has relatively recently become an epicenter
for murals and how it started you'll never guess.
Recently been placed among the 10
most beautiful cities in the world for graffiti.
or street art
and that explosion of street art only happened
in the last 8 years
A young recording artist known as Justin Bieber came here to Colombia.
He started painting graffiti
in one of the busiest avenues in Bogota
with the help of our police!
Imagine that.
I know. I'm not sure it qualifies as art.
As bas as Justin Beiber's art is, at least it gave rise to more beautiful art in the city and let's drink to that.
Salud everyone
It's good. it's made of sugar cane sugar cane. It's a drink for cold weather. Canelazo. Its hot.
There's tea and then sugar cane
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This is Museo Botero. Free museum. One of the famous Colombian painters is
Botero and his museum is right here in Bogota free to the public
he's famous for his symbolism and also painting large figures which he claimed
he played with proportions
the week is beautiful finally my friends towards the north of this glass and
right there behind me you find our ports the courthouses
these are government buildings we're gonna go up there later via the cable
car. And another fun fact about Bogota is that it's very high up. We're at over 8,000 ft high. Higher than Denver.
Now time to go inside one of Bogota's top museums.
The yellow on the flag represents the minerals, which Colombia is very rich
in silver platinum copper, and gold.
These were created by the indigenous people of Colombia, the Muisca. Most of these were destroyed by the Spanish
So the fact that these survived
is really amazing.
Going into the vault.
We are now inside the Gold Museum, Museo de Oro
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museum is listed as one of the premier sites to visit in Bogota. These are birds
alligators fish birds and even creatures these are the earrings
so the story goes that the indigenous people had a ritual where they would throw gold into
this lake and when the conquistadors the Spanish found out, they basically
burned it to the ground melted it and became rich off the gold.
Look at this headress.
it's all gold
so this is the lake where the gold was found
It was used to give offerings
we hope that you enjoyed this tour of Bogota if you're in town be sure to
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