The Airport abbreviated name says it all.

BOG, well it appeals to my sense of humour.

Its not a bad airport, we just had some fun and games after landing. At first things went smoothly, we had no problems with customs, the tourist information lady was easy to understand and directed us to the cargo depot.

After a bit of going backwards and forwards between people they finally told us that the bikes were still in Panama. Not a lot we could do, other than go to the hostal we had booked into, the Cranky Croc.

The taxi driver tried to rip us off, but I stood my ground.

At the hostal we started to look into insurance as it was something to do and take my mind off feeling stranded without my steed. The receptionist , Laura, took the mantel and started ringing every where (including the Ministry of Transport to confirm it was required). Eventually she found somewhere we could get 3 months temporary cover from, but first we needed the bikes to be cleared by customs.

The next morning we started ringing around at 08:00 to see if the bikes were in Bogota, it was not until 09:30 that I managed to get confirmation and we quickly jumped into a taxi with 2 guys also on the way to airport.

The taxi had very little space, one bag in the boot, one bag on the front seat and four of us in the back.

Jean on my knee, one in the middle and one crushed out of sight.

After 1.5 hours negotiating customs, the time was mainly spent by Manuel (the friendly customs officer) patiently filling in forms, we were re-united with the bikes

As time was pressing we decided not to refit the windshields we had had to remove for the shipping and also opted to take the chance of riding uninsured to the hostal (the police can impound uninsured vehicles). From there it was a quick taxi ride to get the insurance. And we were able to get 1 month for 30,000 pesos ($15USD/£10GBP).

We were shattered, so hit the beer.

Back to BOG, can you imagine British police wearing vests like this

But not as bad a Guatemala, there they have Tourist police called Police Municipal Tourista.

Colombia Pictures will be added here.