bogota

so i arrived in bogota on wednesday night.  while waiting for the airport shuttle i met a family from kansas who was staying at the same hotel.  listening to the mom pretend to speak spanish with an accent way worse than mine was hysterical.  apparently it is very dangerous to take cabs in parts of colombia as there are often kidnappings so we waited patiently for the hotel shuttle.  once we got to the hotel we were greeted by a drug sniffing dog and a man with a wand - makes you feel real safe.  however, the marriott was super nice, in fact, just as nice as any i had stayed in in america if not nicer.

the next morning i took my time getting around and then got some delicious colombian coffee.  the spanish comes back slowly - i usually just use very creative words to describe what i really want to say.  for instance i would say "not" this if i couldn't remember the actual word. kinda wish i could still remember most of my spanish.  

my friend from school, taryn, met me at the hotel and we grabbed our first colombia beers while we waited for diana, our other friend from school.

later that afternoon we headed to the airport for our first destination, santa marta.