Woke up this morning to a phone call from a friend here in Bogota. She suggested we join in on the Sunday Pilgrimage to El Señor CaÃdo atop Monserrate. Seeing as how the ascent is over 3000 meters, we fueled up first and then filled up a back pack with grub for the long hike to 10K feet ASL.
I can’t say enough about the street art here in Bogota, but I don’t really have to as the art often speaks for itself.
I needed to hit a mileage requirement in order to keep my Gold status, so I took a look at a map and a mileage calculator and narrowed down a few destinations that met the requirements. In the end it came down between South Africa and Colombia. Colombia won out by a hair. I’m not gonna lie, I was a little nervous given Colombia’s stigma as a dangerous place, but before I knew it I was out roaming the streets with little concern for safety, even in this giant city.
