El Bogotazo: Bars in Bogota, Colombia. 4: Bullitas del Callejon

Bullitas del Callejon

Cuadra 2 # 13A–42, La Candelaria

Someone has written the name of the bar in the filth on top of the wc.
A nice touch.

Scary alley seen from within the safety only a bar can offer.

Bullitas del Callejon was our favourite bar in this dark, slightly frightening alley. Good rock music, really cheap beer and less panic than outside.

El Bogotazo: Bars in Bogota, Colombia. 3: Rock And Chicha

Rock and Chicha
Cuadra 2N #13-56, La Candelarianot too many people present when the IWCRP visited

The urinal. Small, yet functional. A bamboo curtain separates it from the bar

Another decent bar in Bogotá, very small and in a dark, narrow, punk-filled street with several other tiny, dark bars. We do not give our Family Friendly award to any of these bars, but will reconsider if they paint the walls in jolly colours.

El Bogotazo: Bars in Bogota, Colombia. 2: Chirquox

Bar Chirquox - La guanda de todos
Cuadra 4 # 19-70

The bar seen from the outside, through beer glasses

Chirquox, or possibly Chimox, is hereby officially recommended by the IWCRP. It's a small place with decent music and cheap beer, three necessary elements in a good bar. The friendly Administrador, Ricardo Urrea, invited us to come back later for what we understood to be a bagpipe-concert. We appreciated the invitation, but mysteriously failed to show up later.

El Bogotazo: Bars in Bogota, Colombia. 1: Lymbo, Candelaria

Lymbo Rock Bar

Cra 4 #15-64, Candelaria

You must choose one, and only one.

Lymbo is a good place to hide if you feel that you are being followed, a common feeling in this area at night. Good rock music, decent prices, friendly and efficient service.

El Bogotazo: Accommodation in Bogota, Colombia

Where to stay and where not to stay in Bogotá? That is the question, and the IWCRP soon found out where not to stay.

Where not to stay: Platypus Hostel
Calle 16 N. 2-43, Candelaria
www.platypusbogota.com

This was not a good place at all. First of all, there were problems with the (confirmed) reservation. I don't know what the problem was, but after a while the lady concluded that I must have accidentally given her a name other than my own, for she claimed she now found my reservation, but under another name. Instead of pointing out to her the unlikeliness of me having forgotten my own name and the likeliness of her having made a mistake, I took the other guy's room and hoped he had a plan B. In retrospect, I should have left right away, as the room was cold, not very clean, uncomfortable, noisy, unsafe (both the rooms and the area), generally horrible. Free coffee tasted like soap. Our delegation left after the first night, walked 100 m and found a cheaper, cleaner and warmer option without german stoners screaming in the common area untill 5 am, namely the Cacique Sugamuxi

Platypus bathroom. Cold water in the shower, no towels.

Platypus single room.

Platypus slug (Laevicaulis Ornithorhynchus) , discovered next to the bed at bedtime.

Where to stay: Hospedaje Cacique Sugamuxi
Calle 15a #2-19, Candelaria
www.caciquesugamuxi.com/

Although this part of la Candelaria is dodgy, Cacique Sugamuxi is a safe place to stay. Eight rooms or so lets the people at the reception know who belongs there and who not. A single room with bath cost 35.000 pesos, slightly cheaper than the Platypus. Dorms are considerably cheaper than singles; from 17.000/ pers. Good, friendly service.

Clean bathroom, some problems getting hot water after 10 a.m

It's the arts! 19: Test yourself! WC wiz quiz

Are you paying attention to the most important details in the films you see, or are you just wasting your time, missing the message and making a damn fool of yourself? Take the WC wiz quiz and find out.

We don't like to be judgemental, so we leave it to you to judge yourself.

However, you should know that if you get a low score you are a horrible human being, and your mother is very likely to be ashamed of you.

It's the arts! 18

Saw: What happens if you forget to put down the toilet seat

What Happens in Vegas:
Cameron Diaz teaches Ashton Kutcher how to fish tarpon

Heroes:
This guy's special power is that he can drink five beers without going to the WC.

You don't mess with the Zohan:
Not a very good film, but a WC can be spotted in the background.

The Matador:
Pierce Brosnan in his best film, outplays the WC

The Matador:
Cinematic art. A beatiful urinal shot; the colours, the symmetry.

The Ruins:
Bad experience on vacation in Mexico.

Troma's War:
What to expect when flying with Troma Airlines

The Bucket List:
Jack Nicholson lost his contact lenses

Drillbit Taylor:
No high school film without a toilet prank

Harold and Kumar:
No stoner movie without toilet humour

Harold and Kumar:
Toilet humour combined with homo humour

Michael Clayton:
Hitman takes off a dead person's shoes in the bathroom