Paul of the Colombia Travel Blog (by Marcela & friends) recently posed this question: Is Bogotá the London of South America?
I've always heard that Buenos Aires is the Paris of South America, and my trip a few years ago confirmed the city as sophisticated, beautiful and rich in culture. These analogies can get a little tricky (like why wouldn't Paris be the Buenos Aires of Europe?) but in general they're fun to make.
After traveling a bit you start to notice small or even large similarities between cities and regions you visit. I think we naturally tend to look for things in common because it sets us at ease when we travel - 'Look, we are all not really so different after all.'
In any case, the author Colombia Travel Blog post is British, and he devised a day of sightseeing, British-style, through this Colombian capital city.
Here's an excerpt from his post:
"While Londoners may not boast the strange familiarity of the people in Bogota, a Londonphile will surely find their home away from home on the bustling streets of Colombia’s vibrant capital. The size, population and weather are the same, but the similarities don’t stop there. The similarities are so numerous, in fact, that I’ve managed to concoct ‘a thoroughly English day in Colombia’; a guide for those who love travel, but miss a cup of tea and a good old chinwag about the weather when they’re on holiday in Colombia."
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