El Dorado, well Bogotá

Another short flight and I arrived in Bogota the capital of Colombia. The city is in the center of the country. The temperature was cooler, a welcome 19 degrees. I booked into my hotel with the help of Google Translate and quickly retired to have a sleep.

The next morning I took breakfast at 7 then walked into the center. It had that big city feel with tall skyscrapers and graffiti on the monument, something I had not seen before in Colombia. I found a statue of the Duke of Wellington (or somebody similar) and some protesters protesting about something, in Spanish.

The Museum's  opened  at 10 o'clock. I decided to look around the botero museum. He is clearly considered to be one of south America's finest artists. He donated his collection of art, many of his paintings and sculptures but also  work by Picasso, Renoir, Matisse, Dega, Henry Moore and Lucien Freud. I have seen millions worth of art on this trip.

They also have a museum of money alongside which show the history of their coinage. Try have a selection of minting machines, most of which were made in Birmingham.

After a full two hours looking round I decided to head back. I didn't want to change up more money as I was flying out tomorrow so I managed to find a Kebab House that took credit cards. While I was eating a local asked me for money. I spoke to him in English and he said gringo and walked off. I think he must have mistaken me for John Wayne. After a mixed kebab I got back to the hotel and arranged for the printing of my boarding pass for tomorrow, then after watching the final of master chef professional 2013 I crashed into bed. All this walking around and  visiting museums is obviously taking its toll and I woke up 12 hours later just in time for a breakfast of orange juice,scrambled eggs on toast and coffee. Just going to pack and get a taxi to El Dorado Airport ready to fly off to my next destination - Lima in Peru. I wonder if they do marmalade sandwiches?