After visiting the center of Bogota had looked at the historic Plaza Bolivar of course, also must not be missing here, but Simon Bolivar was the first president of Greater Colombia which was still Venezuela, Ecuador, Panama and Colombia today included. In this square are equivalent to some important buildings. So the Congress, the President Palace and the Palace of Justice is to be admired adjacent to the square and a large cathedral. Around the square stretches the old town in the typical colonial style built. These buildings are now primarily Regierungsbueros.
Bogota is situated on a plateau about 2,600 meters above sea level and is surrounded by mountains all around. Just behind the center starts the Cerro Monserrate is served by a cable car. For the equivalent of about 7 francs we purchased a return ticket to the 1957 Bern, of the Von Roll AG-built railway. On top of the Cerro Monserrate is a church and several restaurants and you have a truly impressive overview over the 7.8 million inhabitants, capital of Colombia.
After we reached the cable car, the city again and it was getting dark already, we wanted to look for a mall to buy various things. Unless it was going to come not. Located in the center was closed for an entire street for traffic. Sure about 2 km ranged Verkaufstaende possibility of all of Colombian leather goods over ordinary phone covers to clothing, shoes, DVDs and Esswaren was offered everything would probably find a buyer. In between, on bigger stage on which squares always played live bands. In addition, there was something like open microphones where each had to sing and make music and wanted. So it was young or old rapper Cxhanconiers and dance groups. The whole thing was probably how we found out were from a peace movement who wanted to bring back the nocturnal streets of Bogota by criminals and paramilitaries. It was like a huge festival, hundreds of thousands in the street and an incredibly peaceful atmosphere. Very funny but we got the pure neo-Nazi group in which we suddenly went past ....
In any case we had forgotten the shopping center and completely faszieniert strolled through the crowded streets. At some point, but then we overcame the tiredness and after a quick bite, we went to the hotel. was to sleep but not to think at first, because our hotel is surrounded by a seemingly Student district was everywhere and there were people in front of small bars and drinking, and the constant honking taxis drove past our window. True, it was not really quiet.
We were at a relatively early again and went back into the city and wanted to start a new attempt to find a shopping center. Unfortunately, the selected right in the Noble District and was more a collection of expensive shops. So we finally decided to Estadio Universitario to run out the play of the second should take place between the Colombian league in 2003 gegruendenten Bogota FC and CD Expreso Rojo from Zipaquira. After an hour we finally reached the Universitaetsgelande the giant in a park is. We had determined again 15 minutes by the Uni-terrain run until we reached the stadium.
Jun 05, 2010 Bogota FC - Expreso Rojo
Torneo Postobon (division 2) Colombia, Estadio Universitario, Bogota, about 250 spectators (0 guests)
Already at the entrance to the first surprise but the admission was free, which the policemen at the entrance but did not prevent each viewer to search thoroughly. The stadium is a small round with high white walls all around, a career, and a small covered main stage. Until the beginning of the game gathered perhaps 250 spectators, including 4 or 5 radio reporter determined in the stadium. Meals were Now there is nothing to what Mark and let me easily tormented by the stand 90 minutes, we had eaten nothing and drank only a little. The game is quite simple. Zero goals, zero atmosphere, practically zero chances . The only "highlight" a direct red card just before the end.
went after uneventful game we back through the university grounds and took a Metro bus. The bus system in Bogota replaced a U-Bahn. The bus goes to extra reserved bus lanes through the city and seems to be very popular. The current green presidential candidate AntanasMockus had as mayor of Bogota pushing this bus system, as the city was close to gridlock. The situation had improved after the construction of the first lines immediately so that today, large parts of the city can be reached with these express buses. Also a line to the airport is under construction. Back at the hotel, we picked up our things and took a taxi to get to the airport for our evening flight to Quito. After a roughly half-hourly check-in process (we had to give first our luggage, stamped then leave to another switch our passport, and only then we got our boarding cards) we were sitting in the airport and drank a bit when Mark suddenly from the toilet came and told he just saw Carlos Valderrama. He just stood in for the security check. Since we already have a photo of his statue in Santa Marta, but we thought we at least make one with the real can be. And indeed he was standing in line and waited. Unfortunately, the border officials were very picky with us and even the authenticity of our passports checked and then we lost sight of him and the photo was then nothing. D the flight went smoothly and even about 10 minutes before the scheduled arrival time, we landed in Quito. We had booked over the internet for two nights for a hotel that even a free shuttle service offered from the airport, What we at 11 clock in the evening but were happy to deliver. Incredibly at the airport at that time was still going on. Hundreds of people were waiting for arriving passengers including the driver from our hotel then we went in about 5 minutes to the hotel.
We were very tired from the long day, but so that we quickly fell asleep again. The next day we wanted to visit the same three games, and before that book our trip to Galapagos for Monday.
Frueh we were thus on Sunday to move us to the airport to book our flight. There are two airlines that fly to Baltra or San Cristobal in the Galapagos Islands. In AeroGal we had no luck, then the second even more. Tame still had seats available for Monday back back to Guayaquil and Friday for about 350 francs each. So we booked the flight to Baltra and then there would look for a guided tour. The Galapagos Islands can be visited only with a trained by the National Park Management Guide, Individual tours are not possible. After the flight was booked, we went by taxi to the bus terminal at Sangolqui to drive, was a town about 20 km from Quito, which kicks off at 11.30 clock the first game between Indepentiente del Valle and Macara. Despite the only 20 kilometers to the venue and took the bus about 45 minutes for the route. For 40 cents per person, but incredibly cheap.
Jun 06, 2010, CSD Independiente del Valle - CSD Macara
Serie A Ecuador, Estadio Ruminahui, Sangolqui, about 2500 spectators (150 guests)
The bus driver let us out of the stadium near the city, explained to us the way even more. Unfortunately, the explanation is not true either, or we had not understood him correctly. So we asked a passerby on the street, which meant we like him to follow. After several minutes we stood at the entrance to the stadium. We thanked him warmly at the friendly helpers, paid the $ 6 admission and walked into the stadium. The stadium with two stands on the longitudinal spacing of the pitch. One Tribuene built on the slope. You had to some pretty painted stairs to climb down into the stands to come. Against a modern main stage of steel tubing with sitting areas where the fans of Independiente had made wide. On our side already identify some guests and fans at the end, it was determined by the 150 Gaestefans and twelve on a Sunday morning at half past. Where they practically decorated the fence around the entire width of the fence stands with flags. Outsiders, especially the one they offenslichtlich "Jesus" and called us immediately struck by his alkoholiesiertenZustand. Resemblances to a specific person in the YB-Fanumfeld also with long hair (no, not the "pastor" nor myself are meant ;-)) were unmistakable, especially when it came to the Taktgefuehl clapping and Koerperhaltung. The game to something better level but unfortunately scoreless, so the yellow-red card for the guests represented goalkeeper for twice the time playing the only highlight. Since Macara had changed already 3 times, had a field player, the last-minute injury time in goal. was Curiously highlight that this provides four times the ball by Auskick directly to the opponent's goalkeeper kicked and that the same thing again made :-) was then but the end and we went pre Stadium, a delicious spit ate with sausage, meat, potatoes and bananas which offered outside the stadium on a stretcher Grill was driving and took the bus back to Quito. Obviously we had caught a bus to the route went a completely different than that which brought us back. So we need about an hour to get back to Quito. There were already waiting for the next two games and in the same stadium in quick succession. 15.30 Clock CD played from Quito to Manta el National FC and at 18.00 clock the big game was waiting between the largest association of Ecuador Barcelona SC Guayaquil and Quito Deportivo on us. By taxi, we drove to the Estadio Olimpico Atahualpa. On the Internet we had previously read that the Barra of the Barcelona game because of the high ticket prices would boycott. At the stadium we knew why. The cheapest tickets for seats behind the goals cost whopping $ 15. (Gegentribuene 25, main grandstand $ 35) It contained but also the first game taking place between el National and Manta, and another This game against Deportivo Quito on June 16, Manta, but still it is of course understandable that wants to buy a fan of Barcelona not a ticket for three games when Barcelona played in only one of them. The same is true but certainly also for supporters of El National.
Jun 06, 2010, CD El National - Manta FC Short
Serie A Ecuador, Estadio Olimpico Atahualpa, Quito, about 500 spectators (0 guests)
ago Match we entered the stadium. In the 40 000 seater stadium barely 500 spectators present to watch your first game did. Of these, already a substantial fraction Barcelona Deportivo Quito and fans. The stadium is a wide round with a covered main stage. The game was one-sided affair. El National took an early 2-0 lead and came Manta in any phase of the game for good scoring chances. In the end, won with 4-0 and El National deserves the obligatory red card had to be there of course too :-) At times, our attention was, however, the activities around the ground. Was there but the Barra of Barcelona participated to vehement protest against the price of tickets. At times there were also skirmishes with the police, but all in all, it remained relatively quiet. When the over 300 Barcelona fans outside the stadium but began to sing songs, was a deliberately what would probably escape us.
Jun 06, 2010 Deportivo Quito - Barcelona SC
Seria A, Ecuador, Estadio Olimpico Atahualpa about 13,000 spectators (about 1500 guests)
Already during the first game was still running, the stadium filled up more . In particular, the Gegentribuene where the fans of Deportivo Quito gathered, came up to kick-off but a look at Maximum number fans together thieves Even before the game when all sang together, but were impressive loud. On the part of the guests from Guayaquil even some presence, many of them came to the main grandstand but because of the boycott of Barra to just not much atmosphere. Interestingly, by the way many sellers that went about in the stands and offered their wares. One of the beer sold did so particularly penentrant in which he kept waving a measuring cup and to "Cerveza" yelled and then still a "ts ts ts" adds. Others went with baskets full of "empanadas" and "Sanduches" rum. They were clearly very tasty with roast meat, onions and tomatoes. Interesting the intro of the Deportivo fans. In addition to casting reels and confetti, they left a fat Feuerkwerk with rockets, hundreds of indicators and also some which ignited the flares go dim a very special atmosphere. And vocally the Deportivo fans did at the beginning of the game to convince a lot. There were also weaker during the game phase, but at least the Barra "Mafia Azul Grana 'sang throughout the game. The game started fast, especially the guests expressed in the first minutes up a gear, but also with Deportivo was dangerous counter-attacking. Deportivo was the longer the game went Immm been more dangerous and would have a better chance of evaluation, they would be gone from the place as the winner. They indulged in various need to do a penalty. So it was finally Barcelona which, after a free kick with a 0-1 final score Kopftor the seal and the lucky victory celebrated frenetically. The referee drew the displeasure of the home audience even as he directed a Deportivo player of the field. We are now in 9 red or yellow and red cards in 9 games is not bad ;-)
After the game we went walk back to our hotel, there should already start in the morning by 6 clock towards the airport and the Galapagos Islands.
clock we reached about seven on Monday the airport. Before check in we had to ueberpfruefen our luggage, because it expressly allowed no food will be introduced to Galapagos. We also had to pay for an entry permit $ 10. Finally we gave up our luggage and our boarding passes in hand, but after a small breakfast in the waiting room was already our flight to Baltra with a stop in Guayaquil. The stop can be roughly summarized as follows: out locals from the plane, the plane in a purely tourist. Virtually the entire plane except maybe 20 people was "replaced". After a half-hour flight we landed in Baltra. That is at the airport Baltra. More than a tower and a small Flughafengebaeude was there ever had. Even when entering another Gepaeckkontrolle, but this time only from hand luggage. Must also pay for visitors to the Galapagos Islands $ 100 entry fee. When we had this behind us and had brought our luggage, we wanted to open in the city to a tour book. But even before the airport, our Lord said a round with a sign on the "Angelique" stand on. Mark only understood nothing and then said, no, he was not, he was finally a woman. The mistake, however, quickly broke up. The Man was still room on his ship the "Angelique" and wanted to sell us a tour. For 4 days he wanted only $ 650, which was too much for us. After being on 560 and finally $ 500 was down, we said spontaneously after a quick look in its prospectus. He introduced us to our guide Alvaro before and to our surprise on the tour were four other Swiss here. Two elderly couples and from Bern, where it turned out later, even as one of my father's garage owner. The world is holding it low. After a short distance we had traveled by bus, we were up in a small boat and were taken to the ship. An older vessel with two masts and a nice deck where you could stay. Including the dining room and even a floor below the cabin with two beds. All with private bathroom, but stop all but very narrow. Later came two more German to mother and daughter and the ship was already a British couple. All in all, very pleasant traveling companions. Shortly after arrival there was already something to eat. Very tasty rice with delicious fish and salad. A foretaste of the next few days when we were eating really verwohent. In the afternoon we went already going to the first excursion: On the island of Santa Cruz, we landed on the beach Las Bachas.
Alvaro led us there until around a bit, we declared the first animals we saw among others. Sea iguanas and there should also be seen Flamengo. Unfortunately, the just not to the open lagoons for visitors. Then we could at the beach or snorkeling. Unfortunately it was overcast and pretty, but we saw some exotic fish. On the beach also has two older Japanese people joined us and Alvaro was busy the first two to explain that it was not allowed to rumzuklettern Felsner because they had not noticed, of course, the first instructions.
Then it was back to the ship and went to a delicious dinner, the ship will go towards Isla Genovesa in the far north of the archipelago.
The ship was anchored in a huge bay which was created by a volcanic crater. There we put the little boat on Prince Philip's Step "on already on the ride along the cliffs, we saw many different Birds including blue-footed and red-footed boobies and referred Fragata birds where the males have a red head in the crop can they inflate during courtship as a balloon. Also lying on the rocks at the cliffs seals.
top of the cliffs was a path through thickets where hundreds even thousands of nesting birds. With some species do not build nests, but the hatching eggs directly on the floor. It was unbelievable how many birds there were flying. We had, according to our guide can also lucky to observe a rare owl species in hunting. In the afternoon we could go snorkeling along the cliffs. Again we saw many amazing fish including Skolare. And finally swam right next to us a few seals.
went the afternoon at the Playa Darwin. There, we also made again only saw a small tour and including a brown pelican of just several young in the nest, had I succeeded with them even a photo. Incredible how small this baby pelicans are compared with the adult. Finally, we could at the beach where we met again snorkelers even a small shark and again herumschwommen seals.
The next day we went to the island of Bartolome. For me the most beautiful day of the tour. First we took a short hike to a volcanic crater where we had an incredible view over large parts of the archipelago. Then we went to a beach, there were again observed from land sharks and Finally, snorkeling again, where I met with a large Galapagos shark, and I even swim with Galapagos penguins, which are only about 40 cm tall, could. A unique experience. In the way back we discovered even a pair of mating Wasserschildkroeten what Alvaro, also known as very rare.
made the afternoon a short hike over the Isla Santiago, which was last minted about 120 years ago by volcanic eruptions. Everywhere, it seemed as if the lava cools only a few years ago and we were able to admire an impressive lava landscapes. In the afternoon, the ship from then to come back to back towards the island of Santa Cruz and the capital Porta Ayura. Since we visited today the center of the national park the Charles Darwin Centre. There we saw giant turtles, including the most famous tortoise "Lonesome George" the last of its kind, had erwaretet on an island on which you no turtles, suddenly walks through the camp of researchers was. Also there was to admire land iguanas.
A trip which has paid off for me in any case, with all the unique impressions that I can take from here.
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