Bienvenido a Colombia!..Andres..

After reluctantly leaving the quaint sanctuary of Vilcabamba, I have made it to Bogota, Colombia a few days ago. Found a pleasent hostel that was 15$ per night where I stayed with a girl that I met through the volunteer program in Ecuador. She has proven to be a cool travel partner who loves food and has a very pleasant dispostion. We actually have moved to another hostel recently where there are more packers for half of what we were paying! After arriving I immediately hooked up with my good friend Mauricio who has moved back to Bogota after living in Miami for almost five years. He took me to a place that he has been telling me about since I´ve known him called Ändres carne de res¨. This is the most unique restuarant that I have ever been!
It is a premier restuarant just outside of Bogota in a place called Chia. This region was known as the goddess of the moon by the indigenous people who lived here before the Spaniards came to kill on their insatiable quest for gold. Anyway, back to this amazing place that I have been hearing about for the past two years. We sat at ¨Carajo 50¨, for those of you who speak spanish that is funny in itself. We started with some local classics, that are better here than anywhere else. And, a huge coconut bowl filled with a mojito for me, eventually I took down three. Mauricio then added after my first sip, ¨The quest is finally over, now you can die.¨ The restuarant did not disappoint. As we ate, there was also a troop of people dressed up playing rag time music on the brass instruments that paraded themselves around the restuarant. OH! And since my friend is a big fish in a little pond here, we sat in the VIP area. And, wouldn´t you know, the presidents son walked in with his secret service and sat right next to us. So now I have peed in the president of Ecuador´s bathroom, and partied with the president of Colombia´s son. Those things would never happen in the US.
Anyway, it was a night to remember.