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EPISODE · Aug 29, 2019 · 30 MIN

Tourism in Bogotá's 'badlands'

from The Colombia Cast · host Semana Podcast

"Ciudad Bolívar en Bogotá es conocida por muchas cosas, y la mayoria de ellas son negativas. Una nueva iniciativa turística, la Ruta de la Esperanza, está intentando cambiar esta percepción al traer visitantes a este sector de la ciudad que hasta ahora ha sido descuidado mucho. Para saber más de este "recorrido alternativo", en este episodio hablamos con uno de los fundadores, el australiano Sammy Riley. Sammy nos cuenta también que su llegado a Colombia fue debido a 'un encuentro extraño' con un volante de la ONG Oxfam!" *****Bogota's Ciudad Bolívar is known for many things, the majority of them being negative.A new tourism initiative, Ruta de la Esperanza (Route of Hope), is aiming to change this perception by bringing visitors to this heretofore largely neglected part of the city.Here we speak to the founder of this 'alternative tour', Australian native Sammy Riley, to find out all about it.Sammy also tells how his own love affair with Colombia started, via a somewhat 'strange encounter' with an Oxfam flyer!

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