He visto mucho de Colombia pero me faltan las zonas más turísticas como Medellín, Cartagena y Cali. Espero ver todo el país un día pero hay demasiado y me siento orgulloso de lo que ya he visto.
I have gotten around on foot, on bike, in taxis and on buses this week. In my town, I never take a bus or taxi, always getting from point A to point B walking or biking. However, when traveling to different places, I take buses. And lastly, in Bogotá, I use the public bus system as well as taxis.
Yo he viajado mucho a pie, en mi bicicleta, en taxis y en bus esta semana. En mi pueblo nunca cojo los buses ni los taxis, sino que siempre voy de punto A al punto B caminando o montando en bici. Pero para viajar a otros sitios fuera de mi pueblo, cojo el bus. Y últimamente, en Bogotá uso los buses públicos que se llaman el Transmilenio y también los taxis.
I think the most interesting place I visited this week was the páramo ecosystem between Bogotá and Choachí. Páramos only exist in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru because these countries have areas with high altitudes that are on the equator. Páramos are found from 10,000 feet to 16,400 feet altitude. Anywhere that high in the USA can have snow, even in summertime. But here in Colombia, most aren’t snowy; instead, they have a strange unique plant called the frailejon (fry-le-hone). Frailejones are special plants that convert clouds to water and only live in cloudy páramo terrain. The páramo that I visited in Choachí had insane cliffs, hummingbirds and a condor, and was so wet that I was sinking into the ground.
