So far I've shown mainly the attractive tourist side of Bogotá. But it's a huge city (more than 8 million people) in a country with many problems from drugs, violence, etc. So our tour went to a not-so-nice part of town, just below a favela on a steep hillside, to visit the "Los Niños de los Andes" Foundation, where homeless teen-age boys with drug problems (often living in the streets and sewers) are rescued and rehabilitated. This work is supported, in part, by the Road Scholar Foundation.
A small section of the favela
The electricity distribution system in the neighborhood.
Some of the boys, with whom we had a good Q&A about drugs and other issues
in Colombia and the USA.
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