Well, it was a bit of a disappointment but the trip to Bogotá
was a lot easier than I had thought. I had braced myself for spending 8 hours
climbing the Cordillera Este, but after just half hour I connected with a brand
new six-lane highway on which I cut the distance by half. Yes, there was a bit
of a tough, trafficky climb, but that was just a couple of hours, and the rest
of the trip was in a four-lane highway. Thanks to the convenient grid pattern
of the city I had no problem finding the Airport Travel Inn by noon.
I had lunch at a local cocina
económica, the type that city workers favor for having good food, fast
service, and a low price. For US$ 4 I had a bowl of soup, salad, rice, fried
plantain, yucca, two delicious ox tail pieces cooked in a yellow sauce, two
glasses of pineapple water, dessert, and coffee. I definitely overate but,
since I have nothing else to do, I was able to get back to my comfortable hotel
and take a well-deserved siesta.
The afternoon has passed slowly, separating debris from
stuff I actually have to take with me for the next stage of my trip.
Unfortunately I have to leave behind travel guides, a butcher’s knife, a glass,
a cup, an empty bottle of Aguardiente
Antioqueňo, empty bottles of water and soda, and any number of plastic bags
(I love the fact that here they give you a bag to take your purchases home).
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