It was mentioned at one point in the video. - But yes! Very true, every year there is a free rock concert and major artist come to play.

@@lifetheorycouple rock al parque sucks, I mean, there are a ton of major paid good quality events in this city

Thank you for you view and comment! - Bogota is a very uneven city. There are save spot and really dangerous ones. I think it really matters what areas you're in.

Thank you! - Yes! A lot more people love Bogota than the internet tends to make you believe.

Great questions in this comment. They are too big to answer in a comment however... If you're interested in staying in Colombia for the long run, I highly suggest working on getting your m-visa (Migrant Visa) and work with a law firm like Langon Law. Those m-visas last 2 years... Taxes, depending on your source of income, if it's outside of Colombia, you may no need to pay tax. I suggest reaching out to a tax professional to understand this.... Start a business? We are not the best source of info on how to do this as we have not ran our own profitable businesses, we are remote corporate employees.... Buying is way more complicated and locks you down. If you're like us, it was just more economical to go the Airbnb route and jump around Colombia for a while.... Cafe del Mercado? Unfortunately at the time of typing this comment we have decided to leave Colombia to explore some other countries. ---- BEST OF LUCK

We appreciate your view and comment. - We did hear about Mote Con Huesillos from several people and because of that reason we decided to try it. Because it did not sound appetizing to us and even looking at picture, we did decide to share just one of them, and did take about 15-20 minutes eating it slowly before we decided we couldn't finish it... We do no mean to offend, it was just not a drink/dessert for us... --- We also disagree, you should travel the world and try stuff you never heard of in your life and get a real feel and experience for it. How else will you ever know? --- We also prefer to give an honest opinion versus putting a fake positive spin on everything as you see with a lot of YT channels. --- So yes, we do not like Mote Con Huesillos.

Nice! - They were very tasty!

Thank you for pointing this out! Whether they were Chilean or not, we saw a lot of people doing that.

​@@lifetheorycouple wow. I never saw that in the 9 years I lived there. But that was a long time ago.

Thank you!

Gracias! - We love the Santander department. :-)

Great advise for any given city! - Widny is from Bogota Colombia and the both of us lived there for 2 years... It's a bit worst with all the theft.

TRUE! - And that is the point we make in this video. It's not winter weather whatsoever. It's mild fall weather... But I think it is true, people who grew up in warmer climates then come visit Bogota experience the coldest weather they've ever encountered. But most people coming from areas outside of the tropics find it pleasant because it's not too cold and nor does it actually get hot.

Sorry you feel this way. We will definitely be back soon! Hopefully we can visit you!

Yep! - We expect people to see our taste a bit surprising... We don't like to eat bread or anything processed... So, things people typically boast about we just don't like to eat. But that Cordero was 100% amazing.

That sounds like a challenge for sure! - To find any given Asian grocery store in Colombia. Where is this grocery store in Usaquen? That's where we were for basically 2 years. --- Armenia is still worth a day or two visit, and you MUST go to the Corora Valley, it's just about 45 minutes away by bus.

@@lifetheorycouple Hey there! I'll tell you HOW I look for Asian grocery stores (or anything) in an unfamiliar city. (BTW, I was searching the whole city...not just Usaquen. I wasn't THAT optimistic.) I Google the city or region, then choose "Nearby" in the left column. For this, I entered "Asian grocery stores". Presto! I got 10 results, all located between southern Usaquen and Chapinero, between Bella Suiza and Centro. The most popular seem to be Y&Y Asian Market and Global Gourmet Market in Chico. There are four Mercatus9 markets of different sizes that seem to offer Japanese, Thai, and Chinese groceries, gifts, and snacks. The rest seem to be international markets that offer a mix of everything. From looking at the pictures, I can tell I won't be in a "food desert". Prices seem reasonable. You're definitely not going to find the selection you would get at a Lotte, HMart, Great Wall, or a 99 Ranch supermarket. But, all the essential sauces, seasonings, vinegars, canned and dry ingredients, condiments, snacks, beverages, and even cookware seem to be available. For me, this means that all I need for authentic Asian home cooking are quality meats, chicken, ginger, garlic, chilies, and the usual local veggies. There is HOPE in Bogota!!!

Apologies if you feel we humiliated Chilean cuisine... We just wanted to give our opinion in our channel on KZfaq, that's why it's call KZfaq... Anywho, we think Chileans should be very proud of their food, everything did have flavor, we are just wouldn't eat some items. But the Reinta, Cordero, Guanco, and even Empanadas de Pino are pretty amazing!

Muchas Gracias!

This is a great idea! - We're booked for this next September, but definitely something to look out for! - Thank you for the tip!

We need an invite to your mother's home. How do we become friends?

@@lifetheorycouple you'd have to visit viña del mar haha, but don't waster your time here, go to San Pedro de Atacama 🤩🤩🤩

True! - Every single culture has its own dishes that often do have an acquired taste. --- We prefer to be honest about our experiences vs. all those other KZfaqrs who just say it's positive and joyful all the time... THAT, is just not true. If we don't like something, and going to say that and why. SO THANK YOU!

Thank you for the view and comment! - We did display what kind of foods we eat. Lots of whole natural foods includes salads, cooked veggies, potatoes, and all types of meat... But we do avoid bread and processed foods. So, Chilean foods such as the Completo and the Churrasco were just rated lower because of all the bread. Anywho, we've never been to the moon. Maybe one day.

Thank you for the view and comment and we are glad to here you enjoyed it!

Great tip! There are many other neighborhoods to consider in Bogota for sure. I think what we encourage is if you're interested just a little bit... Go spend a month or two in Bogota to get a real feel.

@@lifetheorycouple I agree. But do NOT start in the South end.

O yes, we noticed that Chileans love bread. There is even a TikTok out there showing an older man putting sushi rolls in between two pieces of bread then eating it... We are definitely the weird ones in Chile, because we choose to eat bread very very seldomly.

@@lifetheorycouple sorry it is partly censored by the Socialist/Communist government there.

haahha! - This is true. And we wonder why pandemics can occur....

THANK YOU!

HA! - We love walking... Hitting 10-15k steps a day is nothing to us. Normally when we're walking around, we hit 20-30k steps in one day. --- If you have the slightly curiosity, I'd definitely check out Chile. --- This year so far we've been to Colombia, Chile, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Peru (Lima and Cuzco), current back in the States for a bit... And Chile was our favorite place to visit this year. 100% recommended.

Worst comment ever. At least we explained ourselves.

Thank you!

Thank you for the view and comment!

We did not mean to offend and we do our best to not to waste food. When we ordered the Mote Con Huesillos we only got one, shared it, even asked for a smaller one, and then found out it was going to be too difficult to finish it... When recording videos you don't always get the whole story. We did sit down for about 15 minutes really trying to enjoy it... Before we just couldn't. So, it wasn't as immediate as the video may show. So yes, we really did throw it away. --- Regarding the health and food choices of the United States, we are totally outliers.

I'm looking forward to trying it! If someone really doesn't like a flavor and it's not a healthy food (for the health conscious) it would be absolutely silly to force feed them to finish. No need for overreaction in my opinion.

@@DeceitfulDestiny the health conscious would know beforehand what they're getting. Besides, health conscious and food conscious in this case has little to do with awareness and importance of food. I am for the respect to the people that works for your food to get into your hands, for people who suffer of hunger and malnutrition. It was not an overreaction, but a reaction. The poster gave their point, a valid one as well, but this is something worth addressing. I won't even mention that their diet is completely different than the street food they wanted to try, so what to expect? I'm glad there was no more food thrown away in the half of the video that I saw.

@@niundisponible I understand your reverence for those suffering, but if you think rationally, an increased sale of mote con huesillo has no effect on those that cannot afford their meal. Similarly discouraging people from trying new food, and decreased sales will also not affect world hunger. Trying new food is a gamble, there's no guarantee you will enjoy it--sometimes it really does not sit well with your tastes. This was the smallest size they could order and they shared it between them. People aren't perfect, things happen. Their actions caused no real harm.

We certainly don't claim to be imperial. We just wanted to share out experience and give a unique perspective. We definitely are not the average-Americans. Widny in fact is Colombian first and American second. --- One of our life-long goals is to become 'super agers' and become centenarians. The American Diet, as it currently stands, could never get you there. ~Jonny

​@@lifetheorycoupleEspero que la vida te cobre con tu familia tu falta de respeto.

​@@lifetheorycoupleI curse you 🙌🙌🙌🙌

Thank you for the suggestion! - I'm sure the ingredients will change the experience of the sandwich. And trying a place that is more well known for their Churrasco Chilenos too. --- For us, since we don't eat much bread, if we toss the bread and just eat the meat and the toppings, then it would be ranked much higher.

Thank you for your view and comment! - Mote Con Huesillos is definitely unique. It was just to strange for the two of us. So again, this our ranking based off of our experience. Not that it applies to all people. It was evident everywhere we went that Chilenos love it.

We truly don't like to waste food. This is why we only ordered one Mote Con Huesillo and shared it. But it was just too different and strange for us to finish eating it. We did ask for a smaller one, but that's the only size they seemed to have.... We truly don't mean to offend; however, I see how that is offensive. --- We have been on personal health journey for years, and we value whole natural foods and work hard to eliminate processed foods including bread, so yes, we are not average-Americans whatsoever.

Esto gringo no saben lo que es bueno 😝

Thank you for the view and comment! - I thought I was saying it backwards... Ooops! - Churrasco and Completos are something we would not order often at all.... We only got them because so many Chilenos suggested to try them... So, we did! And again, we tend to eat non-processed foods and limit how much bread we eat (we are not average-Americans and Widny is Colombian/American). So for those two reasons we just can't rank either higher. Completo came in higher because it had a better flavor versus the Churrasco, quite tasty with all the toppings. ~ Jonny

Yes! The people can be very welcoming and inviting once you get to know them. :-)

Very fair assessment! - This is indeed our biggest annoyance regarding Bogota and most of the cities in Colombia. Theft and gun-point robbery is a real thing, and you just never know when it's going to happen... However, in the US, as we all know, mass-shootings are a real thing, and you never know when that's going to happen either...

Ha! - I can see how many people would have this opinion about Bogota. If it's such a shit hole, why do you continue to live there? Just curious.

Thank you for your view and comment!

I can see how people might have this opinion. Both definitely have their pros and cons.

We had no idea that we could get some alfajores in Bogotá 😱 this is valuable information, thank you!!! There was a lot of research involved when looking for the tours and the direct tour operators as we didn’t want to book with a third party. For the boats we used: Turismo 21 de Mayo and Solo Expediciones. Our experience with both companies was really good! We also stayed at “Hostal Baquedano” in Puerto Natales and they provided lots of good info for us.

@@lifetheorycouple Thanks! There is also a joint called Alfajores Ventura which is owned by an argentinian guy and his colombian wife and they may have alfajores sometimes in Passaro which is also argentinian owned. Everything in Bizcocheria Les Amis is good, specially the empanadas but I have never seen alfajores in their counter. I do not know if they always have alfajores at Atlantis' Jumbo but I saw them last weekend, I hope they keep importing them.

We just tried the Alfajores Ventura the other week at the Papas de Los Saltados. They might just no be our favorite commercial brand. However, there is an Alfajor we ate in Uruguay that we continue to dream about, it was from a boutique cafe/tattoo parlor. - Great stuff! Thank you for this comment!

@@lifetheorycoupleI remember now, I have had alfajores at Les Amis. It was okay.

I grew up in Bogota, lived all over the city for over 24 years,I have family and friends everywhere, north, south, west, etc I have had the privileged to get to know Bogotá VERY well. THIS is the Bogotá we have come to enjoy and love, we’ve not had the time to explore ALL OF IT, so we shared what we have liked the most. This is OUR truth and it doesn’t have to speak to yours. There’s a reason why you can choose to follow or not.

I (Widny) do feel uncomfortable when Jonny carries his phone in his front pocket but it’s honestly super common. All the males in my family do it but when we visit parts of town that are a bit more sketchy, they may put their belongings in a small backpack or on one of the women’s purses. We also visit these parts of town in larger groups, so we all feel more comfortable and safer.

@@lifetheorycouple Very interesting. So in other words, having the phone and/or wallet stick out like that and make an outline in your pockets is considered dar papaya? Is it like that everywhere in Colombia or only in small barrios that are low income and filled with crime?

I make Jonny put his phone somewhere else all the time, because we consider it’s a form of giving papaya. But other people, including locals, don’t. So, I think is up to you and your level of comfort 🤷‍♀️ It’s not like that all over Colombia, it’s bad in big cities but it feels pretty safe in smaller towns.

@@lifetheorycouple Oh yeah I can definitely see what you mean by emphasizing the importance of being careful in big cities. I would try as much as possible to not stick out in big metropolitan areas, but I feel like in suburbs it's not so bad since it's mostly families who live there. I guess at the end of the day it depends on the context, but I'm still surprised you and your husband consider having your phone and wallet create a shape in your pants pockets to be a form of giving papaya even though most locals don't consider it as such lol. Very fascinating.

Hehe thank you! It honestly was so fun including him in the video. We were “babysitting” that day and that was the fun activity of the day. We laughed at all the mistakes and bloopers, and making the video it’s now a memory we share together 💕

Yes! I lived 24 years in Bogotá and there are places that I continue to discover 💛❤️

We will be back for sure! Bogotá is our second home 💕 I must say that my family was terrified of Jonny walking alone in the streets of Bogotá, but with him learning survival Spanish and all of the “safety tips,” we started to feel more and more comfortable. To the point that he would sometimes watch my little brother and they would go on small adventures around the neighborhood. Jonny has always expressed his need for his independence and how much he enjoys walking, so it is something that we had to respect and trust that everything will be fine. I would suggest communicating with your wife and her family to make sure they understand and they help you feel safe and confident navigating Bogotá, instead of being fearful.

@@lifetheorycouple Thank you SO much for taking the time to answer me! That is very helpful,,, It’s work in progress! Gracias!

Thank you for watching. It’s not perfect but it’s also not complete garbage. We’ve all had different experiences and yes, the city has a lot to improve!

I (Widny) have visited a couple of the humedales in the city but this is a great suggestion! I had not thought about taking Jonny to see one of those. Thank you!