From Bogota, above Norte near Mirador Cai Guadalupe. A dramatic sky hanging over what seems to be a endless city, as far as you can see. Bogota stretches even beyond the next mountain ridges. Those areas near the mountains are where the non-natives can’t travel. The tour guides won’t take you, even if you ask.
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I watched a knife fight between to Venezuelan guys on the street the day before I took this image. We were in a nice part of town. There where nice shops and restaurants. It was a business district with many professionals on their daily commutes..
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I get dropped off early to explore the area while I wait on my friend to arrive. As I’m standing on the corner surveying the area for photo ops a young energetic man makes an attempt to sell me a umbrella, then anything else I may be in need of. I really liked his energy and charisma. He was smart and motivated, so, we kept talking. I wasn’t buying his product but I did buy him a street coffee (tinto) while we talked about his travel plans to the United States. After about twenty minutes he was pulled off to the side by a couple other guys to talk in private for a minute. When he came back, he thanked me for the coffee and said he had something to do and had to go now. Within ten seconds of walking away from me, I see him look over his shoulder to spot his enemy approaching from across the street with a knife. Instantaneously he pulls his own knife from behind his back and charges the other man.
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That is not a life anyone dreams of.