I had a couple of hours free earlier today, so I took the Transmilenio down Avenida Caracas to Avenida Jiménez, where I walked up the hill to the wonderful Lerner bookstore. (They have so many publications about politics, security and power in Colombia, books that you simply can’t find anywhere in the United States.)
Avenida Jiménez is a very busy place on a Saturday morning. It is a highly recommended walk – as long as you keep one hand on your bag at all times. I played the now-familiar role of “weird gringo with a camera.” Here are some more pictures.
(Higher-resolution versions of these and more are on the “PC&B Banner Images” set at flickr.com – scroll down for the latest. They’re all under a Creative Commons license – go ahead and use them if you wish, just give credit.)
November 17th, 2007 at 5:32 pm
Like the photos. The composition of the fourth one with the women red at the center amid zinging city lines above is very nicely done. Like the fifth one for its mass and the unusual through-the-glass angle of the last one, too.
Avenida Caracas is kind of a yucky area, it’s the only part of Bogota that reminded me of … Caracas. I guess they named the place appropriately.
But it’s good to see Bogota!
November 18th, 2007 at 3:40 pm
I am also fond of that area. Once you get past San Victorino it’s really not dangerous at all, unless maybe you’re a weird gringo with a camera.
November 18th, 2007 at 9:12 pm
Couple weeks ago, I too was a weird gringo with a camera right there. No trouble, though, San Francisco’s Mission District is a lot more dangerous by comparison. Maybe I was lucky, but all the same, I didn’t perceive any threat. Caracas, yes, Avenida Caracas, no, fwiw.
November 19th, 2007 at 12:50 pm
They’ve mentioned the blog twice in the last few weeks on their website, but I think this makes it more official:
http://www.eltiempo.com/justicia/2007-11-19/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR-3821081.html
Either someone at El Tiempo really knows their US gov’t reports, or they really are just reading your blog all the time, Adam, and then reporting on it. You’re famous!