EVENTS

“Expociencias”

I went to expociencias and let me tell you that is one of the best experiences i ever had.

First  the  entrance is so controlled  and the entrance tiket is not  so expensive . well  it  is located  in  corferias  a very  good place ubicated in  Carrera 37 No 24 - 67 Bogotá – Colombia a very good location. Here is where schools of Colombia come to do an expositions of some experiments that their students have done. Every  school has its own space to make their  expositions to other students.

The  exposition that I liked the most was one of  a school of Medellin that talked about another way of making biodegradable plastic, this is so interesting because this kind of plastic is made with vegetables and it is so thin but it is also so hard, I think that  the industries should take this material to replace the plastic that is damaging our planet.

After having a tour of this expositions you can eat something in the cafeteria that has  a variety of  food for a good price.

In  corferias are  a lot of   events and the science exposition is just one of them.

I invite you to corferias,  you are going to love this place as I did.

                                      Daniela Céspedes.

  

Palacio de los Deportes By: Jessica Simonis

The second place we went for Bogota's sports was the Palacio de los Deportes. The palacio de los deportes is ubicated in the Simon Bolivar Park. In this park you can study every sport you want, and it is not very expensive. In this park you can go on weekends and practise sports. It's capacity is about for 5,000 people. And it has a parking spot for over 800 cars.
In this park there are also taken in place some concerts and some special events. Here there going to put the concert of 30 seconds to mars, Fito Paez, Mago de Oz, Slayer, Slash, and Muse, etc. This is also the ideal place to have a picnik in a sunday afternoon.

Bogota's Sports By: Jessica Simonis

The First sport we visited in Bogota was the park in Santana, this park is amazing! It has everything, it has a tennis court, an football court, a volleyball court, and a lot of other stuff you have to check out. We asked a tennis teacher witch were the schedules and he told us that they're opened everyday, except sundays, and you just have to tell them what time do you want to have class and they'll let you know if they can or cannot.
The best part of the park is that you can also ride your bike or your roller skates and it's very secure because there are guards keeping and eye on tiefs. If you don't want to have classes, if you only have to go play with your friends you can also do it, but you have to cheek of there are other classes because you cannot interupt.
Other best part is that little children and babies can also play in the park because they have their own part of the park, if you get thirsty of hungry there is also a little store where you can buy supplies. The Santana's park is a great place to go on sundays and enjoy the day with your family during a nice family piknik.

CICLOVIA

EVENTS

“ciclovia”

The ciclovia is a very special event that happens every sunday  to promote the sports or interactive activities in the society. The ciclovia is located in many parts of bogota, it is open since 7:00 am to  2:00 pm;  here you can find many food types and  a lot of  activity centers that  have  a  program  for people to have  a  very  good time  in family.

The ciclovia was created and is  controlled by “la alcaldia de bogota” and this is a complete free economic costs activity.

This is  a  very good  activity  for health and to share an special time with all the family members.

Personally I love the ciclovia and  I go every weekend  with  my family  and I like it because it is so saved and  there  are a lot of  police officers that guarantee your  security in this public space.

I recommend you this amazing activity and for shure you will love it.
                                                       
                                              Daniela Céspedes.       

Bogota's Libraries by: Jessica Simonis

JULIO MARIO SANTO DOMINGO LIBRARY

This week we visited the cultura centre and library Julio Mario Santo Domingo, ubicated in 170 street, 67-51. The cultural centre has about 10 specialized romos. The library is divided into 2 main sections, the fist one is called Bebeteca, it’s for the babies and for the Little children, there they can play, read, and sometimes they can also have some teather plays.

The second part is the Sala General De Lectura, it is for the use of teenagers and adults, there you can read, wath videos in the multimedia room, and you also have Access to the internet. The goverment of Bogota made this library because thay wanted to stop the big differences of societies so their goal was to unite everybody by the right to knowledge.

The library is openes Monday from 2:00 pm to 8:00 pm, Thuesdays from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm, Wednesdays from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm, Thursdays from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm, Fridays to 8:00 am to 8:00 pm, Saturdays from 8:00 am to 7:00 pm, Sundays from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm and on holidays it’s not opened.

Gold museum

I went to the gold museum on sunday, i didnt knew it was free on sundays well the place was full i didnt knew the museum had a lot of technological advances i was really shocked but i enjoyed it i learned a lot of things i didnt knew for example:

Nariño cultures used a lot of statues half animal half man to represent the warriors.

It was normal to make penis statues to represent fertilty

Zenues were really good at building canals.

and i learned spanish not only taked our gold also our good relationship with nature because natives respect it take care of it and love it but now we throw trash, cut trees and all that stuff so i was kind of dissapointed about nowadays culture.

To conclude this museum is really advanced and complete so its the best way to learn about our culture i loved it

Article by: Alejandro Del Pino

Parade

Bogota History

School gave us the opportunity to visit a wonderful place that was in cota. it was a place in which muiscas lived. We went with some teachers. when we arrived to the place a man introduced us the story of the muiscas and tell us some rituals they made. Also we learn how their calendar was.

Later we started to walked and in rocks we could see some hand writing of the muiscas all the time the man was giving us a lot of information about the muicas. The place was so beautiful and big we enter to place in which we could saw how muiscas live. we saw also ritual places in which they pray. their gods where of the nature and they prayed them for food crops. health, their family etc

That was incredible is a magic place that is forgotten so have the opportunity to know about colombia s past how was colombia years ago. I hope you go and learn a lot, is a good chance for you and your family to have a good time but at the same time know a lot about musicas i really hope you enjoy as i did with my teachers and my friends.

By : Erika Nishida Quijano

Oral Tradition Places

Maloka:

last week I arrived to an oral tradition place in which kids have fun and learn a lot. I went there to visit a friend who work in there, she told me she could told me some information about the place and how it works.

She have work in there for a year, For start working in there you must start attending some classes in which you learn many things about science. Then you must make an exam in which they grade your skills and knowledge. If you pass the exam you could start working in there it was a difficult exam so you must effort a lot. My friend worked with the small kids she must tell them some incredible stories about how the human progress since it was a monkey to what is now the human now a days. When she finished she make some questions and the kid who answer the question would get a big toy.

there kids learn a lot is a good opportunity to have fun and learn at the same time, also they gave snacks to the kids. so have a chance to visit this incredible place. I really hope you enjoy this big place in which time is never enough.

By: Erika Nishida Quijano

Oral Traditional Places

Cuenteros:

Yesterday next to my house is a popular place name Cuenteros in there many people get together and share with their family a good time in the afternoon after lunch.

 I arrived there with my mom and a friend, we ate an ice cream in Mc Donald's then we arrived to Maloka next to it is where the cuenteros arrived, we sat down in the grass and wait until a guy arrived. He name was Francisco, He introduced him self and start by telling us all about his life. he told us that he love working as a cuentero because he makes many people smile and enjoy their weekend.He had worked as a cuentero since he had 16 years old nowadays he has 24 years old. He was studying literature at the university and with the money people gave to him he pay the college.

Later he began telling and experience he had last week, then he began to told a story about a girl who was in love with 3 guys. I laughed a lot it was  to funny we spend 1 hour listening at him i really enjoy it.

people started arriving all the time when he finished it was full of people everyone applause him, he was an excellent comedian. 

he asked for some money. everyone gave him some coins o bills because he really deserved it he make a great job.

I hope you have the opportunity to go to the cuenteros is an incredible place where you and your family or friends can enjoy on a weekend, i hope you have an excellent experience and laugh a lot as me and my family.

By: Erika Nishida Quijano

Dance parade

I went to San diego locality and saw a lot of childrens with make up and costumes i thought it was interesting so i stayed and watched it first a lady introduced them, they were a Cartagena art school who were doing a tour traveling colombia showing performances they started at 11:30 with some little kids dancing chirimia then some older kids dancing mapale and ten other groups dancing different rhythms finally the older group danced cumbia when the sow ended i asked a girl name laura about this art school she told me she has been performing since she was six and really enjoys it she hopes she keep performing all her life.

In my personal opinion it was a really good show i enjoy seeing kids interested  in arts and dancing and giving their best just for some cheers so parents of you dont want your kid to stay in his room wasting his time arts schools are a really good option.

Article by: Alejandro Del Pino

Botanical Garden pictures