Sidste dag i Bogota (indtil videre)

Dansk: Så blev det sidste dag i Bogota for nu, men vi kommer tilbage igen om et par dage, når Simons mor og mormor kommer på besøg. Idag havde vi meldt os til en Graffiti tour, så vi kunne lære mere om alt den graffiti vi har set på gaderne hver dag. Det er en ret stor del af kulturen her i Bogotá, og vi ser graffiti på næsten alle gadehjørner. Det var en virkelig flot og spændende tur, hvor vi fik en masse historier bag graffitien. Vi hørte om en 18-årig dreng der blev dræbt af politiet under en demonstration tilbage i 2020, som nu blev malet som et symbol mod politivold. Vi hørte også om en mand, hvis søn ville forlade militæret, da han fandt ud af, hvor korrupte de var. Inden han nåede at forlade militæret, blev han dræbt i tjenesten (ifølge militæret selv). Faren var dog sikker på at det var militæret selv der havde dræbt sønnen, og han gik på gaderne for at kræve retfærdighed. En masse militærfolk kom ud og fortalte, at de selv var blevet tvunget til at gøre korrupte og ulovlige ting, men desværre døde faren af corona sidste år, inden han kunne nå at få gjort mere. Der var mange flere historier, men så ville jeg kunne skrive for evigt.
Til aften havde vi bestemt os for at tage hen og spise på en ramen restaurant, som vi har gået forbi hver dag nu. Vi ville gerne spise her primært fordi de havde en dansende Pikachu ude foran hver gang vi gik forbi (behøver man mere for at vælge en restaurant?). Den var der desværre ikke idag, men maden var stadig god.

English: It has become the last day in Bogotá for now, but we will be back when Simon’s mom and grandmother is coming to visit. Today we had signed up for a graffiti tour so we could learn more about the graffiti we see everyday on the streets. It’s a pretty big part of the culture here and we see graffiti on almost every single corner. It was a really interesting tour where we got a lot of the stories behind the graffiti. We learned about a kid that got killed by police at a demonstration in 2020, and is now being painted as a symbol against police violence. We also learned about a man who’s son wanted to quit the military after he found out how corrupt they actually were. Before he managed to leave the military he was killed in active duty (according to the military). Yet the dad was convinced it was the military themselves that had killed the son and he took to the streets to demand justice. It did get a lot of military people to come out and tell stories about how they were forced to do illegal and corrupt actions within the military. Sadly the dad died last year from corona before he got justice for his son. We heard so many more stories but then I could be writing forever if I had to tell them all.
For the evening we had decided to go to a ramen restaurant. This was mainly because we had walked past it everyday and it had a dancing Pikachu outside (I mean, what more do you need?). Sadly the Pikachu was not there today, but the food was still good.Read more