The World Is Discovering Bogotá

Lonely Planet founder Tony Wheeler just received back from Bogotá, Colombia, and he desires to demonstrate you his slides from the trip! (Come on Tony, you personal 25% of one particular of the world’s greatest travel guidebook publications in the globe and you can’t secure a video camera for your journeys?) Check out out the view of the city at two:13 (Bogatá is nestled in the mountains and has an alitude of more than 8,300 feet — get that Denver!).

Anyways, as the globe is quickly obtaining out (and what I hope to come across out come late November) is that Colombia is a good place to stop by. With the ebbing of the violent drug culture of the 80’s, the globe is quickly rediscovering Colombia’s vibrant culture, with its planet-class foods (Colombian ex-pats say this is what they generally miss the most about their property), pleasant folks, and influential music spread across the third-biggest nation in Latin America (as nicely as the second-biggest Spanish-speaking population in the globe). When I get back I promise — promise! — not to do a slideshow on the site.