BOGOTA, Colombia
Monday, January 19, 2009 at 19:18 
Do stay in the Bogota Royal! Hardwood floors that rival the floors from my Italian penthouse, a shower that could fit a family of 4 and a toliet with a computer attached.
The street noise is all night long but Bogota is a big city and it seems to only come alive after 10pm. If you can't beat them you may as well join them. Although, it's not safe to be out on the streets after 9pm and here are the reasons why:
1. Paseo Millonario - where you get held up and forced to go around to all the ATMs in town and withdraw money until you have no money left.
2. Scopolamine - where you get drugged -- they rob you / they rape you / they take your money -- sometimes this is done in combination with the Paseo Millonario.
3. Taxi Muggings - 80K taxi's in Bogota. Of those 80K, one half are illegal. Never hail a cab.
4. Street Muggings - your average "give me all your valuables" - "This is a stick up" kind of thing. Only these guys apparently work in pairs.
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