Wandering with Tedder and Tamara

*Tamara posting*

We didn't end up liking our room last night very much. It was cheap, which is always nice, but it also meant a shared bathroom, rather uncomfortable bed, and quite a bit of street noise. We went back to Platypus to pick the owner's brain and got a great recommendation just down the road. We ended up here at an older hotel with a really big suite for a very reasonable price. We are glad to have a computer desk, comfy chairs, and a good bed.

After a nap to compensate for lost sleep in the night, we walked a couple blocks down to the Gold Museum - purported to be perhaps the most important museum in South America. This was my main reason for wanting to visit Bogotá. We even managed to make it on a free day, though it was a bit crowded. The museum houses pre-Columbian gold artifacts, and had an impressive number of objects - especially considering that the Conquistadores melted all their findings to be sent back to Spain as gold bars. There was an amazing amount of detail in the jewelry and ceremonial items, and it was really interesting to see how the gold was used prior to the Conquistadores' arrival.

We spent the rest of the afternoon just lounging - Ted spent some more time at Platypus using their Wifi while I curled up in the leather chairs in our hotel room and read. Things closed early (6pm) for the evening though, and we had a bit of a hard time finding a place to eat. It is most likely because it is Sunday, and perhaps because it is a holiday weekend here in Colombia.