Bogotá: Arrival

We made it to Colombia 🇨🇴!

It was a pretty quick flight (about 5 hours). Mom and dad both drove us to Panama City to catch the flight ✈️. Devastatingly, I left Freya's jumper at home 😭.

Once we arrived in Bogota, there was an issue with our hostel transportation so we Ubered instead. The Hostel R10 was accommodating and our private room was pretty spacious with high ceilings. We went out for a little walk around our local area.

Hostal R10
9/10
Facilities: 😀
Comfort: 😀
Location: 😀
Cleanliness: 😀
Value for money: 😀
Staff: 😀

Summary: Our first hostel in South America: R10 set a high standard

Good: Our first hostel in South America. In summary: what a good hostel should be like. First, we never felt unsafe. Staff were great. They allowed us to store luggage (in a room behind/near reception) for free while we went on an overnight trip to San Jose del Guaviare. There’s also a bathroom near reception, which staff allowed us to use for free after said trip - the shower was a luxury after back-to-back night buses with a day of hiking in between! Private room with bathroom was comfortable with plenty of space for us to rearrange our bags for the above trip. Great location in La Candelaria. I’d recommend the wee arepa guy on the corner outside the hostel - probably the best taste v. value street food I had in Colombia (and I eat a lot of street food). Decent breakfast: coffee, fruit juice, bowl of fruit, eggs and bread. An added bonus was no fees for card payments (we had hostels attempting to charge up to 10% fees for card payments in other parts of Colombia).

Bad: N/a

Allan’s deal of the day: Uber - so cheap compared to the UK.Read more