Bogotá, Colombia

Bogota – Big city, lots of traffic and pedestrians within inches, new birds, and beautiful vistas! Great first impressions as the adventure begins!

We arrived around 5:30 am this morning and to our hotel by 7:30. We rested a little until the hotel staff knocked on the door and announced they were participating in an emergency city wide drill! So we hurriedly left the room and joined the staff and others outside. While hanging out with our new hotel friends we found out where the closest market and ATM was located and set up a driver to take us to Monserrate Hill.

Rather than climb this beautiful 1500 step foot trail to the top of the peak, considering our lack of sleep and an elevation over 10000 feet, we chose to ride up the cable car.

Our views were somewhat limited as clouds moved in, but a great chance to look out over the city. At the summit there is a beautiful white Catholic church. We had lunch and began our birding adventures as we walked around the lovely grounds.

Tomorrow the real birding begins!