Bogota, Day 2

Well, considering that Im writing this sitting in a beautiful suite at the CIAT campus in Cali and all the days misfortunes are behind me, this is going to be very mild compared to the misery I felt earlier. (This sounds very serious, but those of you who know me well realize that Im most likely exaggerating since Im a self-professed drama queen). The day started very early when I was woken up around 5:30 by the hotel staff preparing breakfast and doing whatever else requires loud talking and banging (btw, my room was right across from the dining area). Anyway, after eating a rather delicious breakfast, I went to do some more sightseeing (more on that later) and then headed back to the Embassy to what I thought would be a short visit to pick up the passport with plenty of time to go back to the museum that I didn’t finish exploring. Well, the short visit turned into a 2 hour wait with them promising that it would be ready in 20 minutes. Finally, I had to leave the embassy without my passport, ask the taxi driver to run to the hotel, picked up my stuff, and again made a dash for the airport to make my flight to Cali. Overall, not a fan of Bogota. In Cali, I was picked up by the CIAT drivers, taken to a very nice suite (much nicer than the hotels that I stayed in Bogota or other places I’ve been to for that matter), and given a plate of delicious fruit and a sandwich (food always makes me feel better). Im still hoping that Colombia will grow on me.

P.S. Right before boarding my plane to Cali, I discovered that the airport had free wireless internet…and I spent the hour waiting for the plane trying to watch an episode of “The Office” on my computer with barely any audio and having to read the captions….