After grabbing breakfast at the hostel, Eric and I head back out to the pedestrian street as he wants to find a good coffee and I want to buy sunscreen (I left mine at home and got burned nicely yesterday out on the bike). We find a square with a cafe and a pharmacy (the place I was told would sell sunscreen) so we split up to get our stuff. I am talking to the pharmacy people and they give me sunscreen (after a bit of an exchange as I didnt know sunscreen in Spanish so was trying to describe it and use brand names they might know not knowing what brands are in Colombia) but I find out its ~30$ US (which I heard sunscreen overseas is expensive but didnt think it would be that expensive - would find out later they sell sunscreen at equivalents of our target (Exito) for a little cheaper but didnt know that at the time). Either way shame on me but wanted protection so I had to pay the price.
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| The square where we found our coffee and the sunscreen, being patrolled by a cop on a segway. Not sure I expected to see those down here. |
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| Pretty cool mural we saw as we walked around. |
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| So down near one of the public transit areas, they have a group of alpacas doing a demonstration of sorts. |
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| Got some sun screen and about to return to the BBC, feeling good :) |
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| A street artist working on his next creation and doing a great job at it. |
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| Can you guess who she is making? |
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| Finally made it into the BBC and am getting a Colombian Craft Beer :) |
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| Apparently Eric really wanted to try their beers as well :) |
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| A sink at the BBC. Was a pretty cool idea. |
Go find Eric and help him order a coffee at the cafe. We were going to the Bogota Beer Company for lunch but found out they didnt open till 1300 so we find ourselves wandering into a casino to test our luck in a foreign country. Want to play blackjack but the table person cant find the key to open the chip box to play so we go play roulette while they try and find it. We quickly lose 17$ (me quicker than Eric) on the roulette table then see that black jack is open so we go play (and lose) there. We also found out that the beers are not free like in American casinos, you pay and tip the waitress like at a bar which was annoying. After losing our money and walking around the casino a bit, we go find the BBC to have a pizza and beer (was a good idea as I wanted to try local craft beer and pizza always is a good idea :) ) The beer was ok, but they had soccer on the television and rock and roll music on which was nice - but it was more expensive than what I think a normal meal should have been as it tailors to a expat crowd. As we are walking out, Eric runs across a guy he met when he first got here, so we go have coffee and shoot the shit for a bit until we noticed the clouds rolling in. Get back to hostel before it opens up. While it rains, a group at the hostel grabs drinks then heads out to the popular square after the rain stops to get some food. Werent nearly as many people this night but still a few groups hanging out. We get some tasty arepas from a local window and then go into a cafe (cafe Atico) where you climb 3 flights of extremely narrow stairs and are waited on by this interesting lady who seemed to just like to have a good time. We ordered 3L of chicha for the group and it was too much. We close out and go to take a shower but the hot water is not working (they have units that heat the water as it comes out) so my shower is extremely cold.
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| So much madness in one pic |
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| Eric running across people he met a few days ago. |
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| Clouds starting to part after the storm. |
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