viernes, 3 de diciembre de 2010

LIBRARIES

BIBLIOTECA JULIO MARIO SANTODOMINGO


This is a very huge, big and new library here in Bogota. Like this is a new library it has many new and better things that help study compared to other libraries in Bogota.

This is a very concurred library. Many people go there because the new technology that the library has and that facilitates the study of people that go to the library.

In fact this is a very modern library that includes many new things that other libraries here at Bogota doesn`t have. It counts with a video room and interactive books that help study be better.






BIBLIOTECA VIRGILIO BARCO


This is a very good library. It also has a complete variety of books and resources to learn and study more in a better and interactive way. The design of the library makes it very beautiful.

The design makes the library very attractive from the outside and also the inside is very beautiful. It has many resources of learning and of studying in a better way.

This library is old but it seems a new one. All the people (workers) in the library are very good employees and are very careful. They will always help you in what you need in this beautiful and complete library.



BIBLIOTECA LUIS ANGEL ARANGO


This library is a very good library. Quite is, old is a very complete and is one of the most concurred libraries in Bogota. This helps people that go there a lot.


Also this library is a very huge and large one. This is one of the oldest libraries in Bogota. The people in the library are very good people and they help a lot in all ways the can.

This library is full of peace because all people (workers) have created like a respect so the library is full of peace and a very good place to study and learn many things.

Sports

That is motocross?
The motocross "is a discipline that develops motorcycling unpaved circuits in which the various players competing for a career with the goal of finishing in first place in the goal.

It is one of the most spectacular forms of motorcycling, which combines speed with the skills necessary to control the bike to the uneven terrain, with sharp curves, mounds, bumps and dips, and on a land area generally, is smeared with the aim of avoiding the danger of dust. All this means that in racing motocross jumps and skids happen.

Motocross is an extreme sport in which as I have been researching and through my journey in and compete also this is a sport which is also practiced in Bogota and outskirts. Motocross is an extreme sport in which as I have been researching and through my journey in and compete also this is a sport which is also practiced in Bogota and outskirts.

Locations

Usaquen
Ok I am going to talk about a very traditional and good place n bogota is usaquen this is a place that have the besto restaurants in bogota also the more expensive ones the food is to delicious also on Sundays is a fair that have more than food art things also in there they sell puppys and many other things.
This place also have a monastery , and beatifull mall that is santa Barbara
Also in the central park is and old school that it have to be closed because the structure was to old the schools name is general santader .
I like to much this place because every Sunday I go there with my family we eat in a restaurant and then we sit down on the park to listen the storyteller also in there they make microfootball tournaments and capoeira because of this multicultural things I like usaquen and I recomend you tuo go on a Sunday the only thing is that is a little bit expensive.

T zone
I am going to talk about the best place in Bogota for parties and for food
This place is even better than usaquen this is not like a place to live but for having fun yes .this place is in the 85
There is like the puppy part of bogota were only rich people go also there is the best clothes the best cars the best food all the best there is also the atlantis mall and andino mall that are important places for the city
Like hard rock café, GOA, Armani exchange, dolce and gabbana , just caballi etc
In this part of the city the best designers of the world have  locals
I love this place because of the food the people is like young and is with the touch of party .

Andres carne de res d.c
This place that is from 1982 is a place that day y day shows like we like Colombians are full of things, beautiful things etc
Also is a good place for going to parts there are the best partys of bogta in this restaurant that is on chia and now in Bogotá.
In there you can find the best beef and the most exclusively one and the flavor is the best
I think that this restaurant is a good choice at the time to go to a restaurant.
                                                                                                             





Neighborhoods

Lisboa
Well i am going to talk about my neighborhood that is lisboa in this neighborhood are important things from the city like the EXITO supermarket  and on 140 street there is McDonalds ,locatel,kokoriko,KFC,carulla and a lot of things this neighborhood is a commercial part of the city because there at homes in here but the 60% of the neighborhood are commercial things also it counts with one of the prestigious  conjuntos his name is montearroyo   also near there is a mall called palatino is a natural mall because it helps and cares about the natural resources and the animals  finally in this neighborhood is the most prestigious golf and polo club in Colombia the country club it is the best one a the richest people in bogota go there .
About this neighborhood I can said that is a good neighborhood for live because there are no bad people also because it yhave many restaurants is near everything and it could be one of the best and more beautiful neighborhoods in bogota.
I like this neighborhood because all the things that have because if you need something  you can find here also because is a good place to live is peaceful



La colina
This is a popular neighborhood because of the things it have and like most of parties are there  is a important place for the city because also in there is the club of suboficiales of the national army.
This place have also important malls like portoalegre, la kupula, mall of 138  and san Rafael it have big parks and green zone’s is also a popular place to live because is near everything.
Also is a good place because of the diferent restaurants that are there like mc donalds,kokoriko, creps and waffles,corral,archies,etc
I like this place because of the parks tahat are there are beautifull.
But I also hate this place because of the insecurity .
There are beautifull places like altos de la colina that is a location where people live .
This place limit with mazuren, boyaca avenue,autopista and 134.

Prado veraniego

this is an important location because of the ubication and because the commercial things they have .
it is recognize because the low prices of all this location have this place have like a “plaza de Mercado” named el gran trigal this thing was a  very good a big and diferent option for buying vegetables and fruits but the government closed this thing because it was from david Murcia guzman(DMG)
also it have th best fich in bogota and with low prices there is a good place for buying food  in general .
also it have clothe commerce  if you need clothes you can go there and buy it there are outlets of clothes .
this place is in cr 129#50}
I think this is  a important place for the econmy and for the commerce in bogota it have mane things for people  of all social classes.



jueves, 2 de diciembre de 2010

Festivals

Alimentarte
This festival is performed some saturdays and sundays and it slogan is "El mundo con boca". This festival is located in the "el parque el Virrey" and the last 20 of july was 122 intenational gourmet restaurants cooking food related to the "Bicentenario de la Independencia".

In that edition China was the special guest, and part of the food were also activities like: The dragon dance, The tiger dance, classes of origami, taichi, mandarin and others. Then there was another Alimentarte, in the days 24 and 25 of july with the slogan "Colombia si sabe"  and this version have 113 national restaurants to show how the Colombian food is so good.

This festival is held in some holidays of the year and all the citizens go to Alimentarte enjoy with their family and friends of a good and delicous food. The money that they gathered up is going to the widows of the police officers.



ROCK AL PARQUE

This is an international festival of just rock since 1995 in bogota,its the biggest festival from latin america and its free,This festival presents national and international bands of different kinds, the national artists from 1997 are selected by a juror chosen by summons opened after taking part in a process of several stages (preselection, hearings and live presentation). The chosen bands take an economic incentive established by decree as a prize, and the opportunity to share scene and experiences with international bands and doing part of the whole advertising and media deployment of the event, being a place of birth of big artists. The international artists and other some natives are invited by the organizing committe.

Rock al Parque is part of the series of the Festivals stimulated by the Secretariat Distrital of Culture, Recreation and Sport; it is the most ancient and the one that began the cycle of festivals, being emulated his scheme then by different topics and artistic kinds like Sauce, Jazz, Hip Hop, Opera, Operetta between others.
 Rock al Parque  does part of the program called Young Season"temporada joven", which includes the Cycle of Concerts Popular Urban Music. Inside the same program Hip Hop al parque.

Entertainment

Bike Tours

In Bogota you never wont be bored because bogota counts with many activities and entertaintmente for example it have bike tours all around the city , it is special for tourist but also for residents if the want to know more about bogota and its important places, Also there are other kind of bike tours names "Ciclovia" were sundays and holidays you can take your bike , skates, skatebaoards , or just walk alone or with your family and friends and have a little fun and exercise , this bike tours are located all around bogota .
There are some kind of groups of persons who really know bogota and make special tours for tourist and most of them are located all around hotels ,hostels and city landmarks . Their tours include visits to the museums , theatres , la candelaria (which is the most common), Churches,Malls , Libraries and all around bogota´s history.
For example in important holidays like christmas they make tours to see the ilumination and beautifull christmas decoration all around the city , for example in the park of "la 93" the persons who are incharge of the park they decorate it beautifull with a huge tree in the middle of the park , and all around the trees lights of all colors .








PANACA

Panaca is a park , a really fun place that was create with the intention to confert the agricultural activities , and make people convive with animals and make a lot of field activities .Panaca was create in dicembre 7 with just a purpose make realize people that without farm or field there's no city "sin campo no hay ciudad".
This touristic place is located at the end of bogota city , it recieved all around 300 visitants in a month, Tourist can enjoy 8 thematic stations , 4 coliseums of ex exhibition, 2.400 animals species, 30 restaurants and 17 locals were you can buy everything you want .This place that is catalogued as the most important park of the sheet of Bogota, possesses an educational program for children of all the ages in topics related to the fauna, the flora and the environment.

The eight stations are : "Estación de ganadería" Is about cows , "Estación de especies menores","Estación de porcicultura"About pigs,"Estación de ecología","Estación canina"About dogs , "Estación piscicultura" About fish ,"Estación equina" about horses,and "Estación agrícola". This Exhibitions only can be seen from 10:00 am to 5:30 pm . Also panaca counts with other activities like horseridding , feet the animals , and more shows were you can have fun . If you want more expecific information about Panaca you can call to phone of their contact center: 307-7002. And Dont forget it cost $ 25.000 per person.






Circo de lo hermanos Gasca


This is a really famous circus in bogota , since 2009 this circus came directly from mexico just to show us how incretible it is.Where you will be able to laugh with the ludicrous acts of his clowns, to be surprised with the numbers of his exotic animals and to enjoy as child of the assembly that they have prepared for this year.
The entry to this world of robotic lights, lived for Patricia the elephant, white tigers, trained dogs, horses that dance and up to a man it bleats, has several prices:palco $ 40.000, platea $30.000 adults- $25.000 children, grada $20.000 adults- $15.000 children.
The circus of the brothers Gasca, a spectacle that has grown from generation to generation since in 1938, Jesus sources Zabalsa and Maria Luisa Gasca of sources they gave the first function of what nowadays is a show of international height, has been reinvented in order that you enjoy the fantasy of this group of nomadic artists, which today is stopped in Bogota you to return to the infancy during two o'clock that his presentation lasts.
The functions are from Monday until Friday at 4:30 p.m. and at 7:00 p.m, on Saturdays at 3:00 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 8:00 p.m. and on Sundays and festive with four acts in order that they arm his plan at any hour of the day beginning at 11:30 a.m., 3:00 p.m., 5:30 p.m. and closing at 8:00 p.m.