I ate a big but ant (salty!).

I nearly drowned myself in a mud volcano.

I dipped my cheese in hot chocolate and loved the savory-sweet juxtaposition.

I felt the graciousness of so many Colombians that it makes me take pause.

There are not a lot of tourists in Bogotá, and I suppose that is due to the prevailing reputation of narco-guerrilla violence leftover. But I tell you, it couldn’t be a nicer surprise. Arriving to Bogotá, we were greeted by the vast and sprawling city surrounded like a jeweled necklace of lush green voluptuous mountains. My girlfriend told me “me llenan”, they fill her, and I get it. They would be overwhelming if they weren’t so nurturing. The only thing that rivals these Andes are the constituents it protects.