Surviving Colombia on $20 a Day!!
Surviving Colombia on $20 a Day!!
Notable moments
- 00:40 Preparing Calentao Leftovers Breakfast
A cook reheats leftover rice and beans in a stainless pot over a gas flame with chicken broth before topping it with a fried egg. Sonny explains that Calentao is a traditional Colombian budget breakfast made from yesterday's reheated leftovers.
Bogotá, Colombia - 01:29 Grilling Street Arepas
A street vendor brushes round white corn arepas with margarine as they toast on an outdoor grill station. Sonny inspects raw doughy arepa stacks and discusses expensive topping add-ons like thick cheese slabs and grilled chorizo sausage.
Bogotá, Colombia - 04:14 Exploring Corabastos Wholesale Market
Sonny walks through the bustling outdoor avenues of Bogotá's largest wholesale market amid parked cargo trucks and heavy handcarts filled with plantains. He explains how local restaurants and markets source all their produce from this giant commercial complex.
Corabastos, Bogotá, Colombia - 06:43 Sampling Exotic Colombian Fruits
Inside an indoor produce pavilion, Sonny examines unique local fruits such as gulupa, banana passion fruit, and tree tomatoes. A vendor slices open a large yellow passion fruit to reveal its gelatinous pulp and seeds.
Corabastos, Bogotá, Colombia - 09:28 Tasting Yellow Dragon Fruit
A friendly fruit stall owner uses a knife to peel open a spiky yellow dragon fruit for Sonny to sample. Sonny peels away a section of seed-speckled white flesh and describes its sweet flavor and apple-like texture.
Corabastos, Bogotá, Colombia - 09:57 Tasting Fresh Sapote Fruit
The market vendor cuts open a round, dark-skinned sapote fruit to reveal bright orange fibrous flesh inside. Sonny tastes the dense fruit and describes it as having a sweet taste reminiscent of pumpkin, caramel, and sweet potato.
Corabastos, Bogotá, Colombia - 11:38 Eating Street Food Fritanga Platter
A street cook fills a paper dish with deep-fried small yellow potatoes, sliced longaniza pork sausage, morcilla blood sausage, and fried liver. Sonny sits on a small wooden stool in the street to eat the hearty mixed platter topped with spicy cabbage salsa.
Bogotá, Colombia - 14:51 Riding and Pedaling a Bici-Taxi
Sonny hires a local pedal-cab driver named Miguel to ride through street traffic in a covered tricycle taxi. When the driver grows tired, Sonny takes over pedaling the heavy custom bike frame through congested city streets.
Bogotá, Colombia - 16:59 Touring $7 NorthHouse Hostel
Sonny explores a budget hostel featuring communal kitchen facilities, a shared TV lounge, free laundry facilities, and a rooftop patio with mountain views. He checks out his assigned bunk bed inside a shared six-bed dormitory room.
NorthHouse Hostel, Bogotá, Colombia - 21:25 Assembling the Cosmic Double Hot Dog
At El Perro Cósmico, a cook prepares a loaded hot dog filled with two sausages, four slices of ham, four slices of cheese, and toasted bun. The sandwich is layered with crushed potato chips, minced onions, pineapple sauce, mayonnaise, ketchup, and boiled quail eggs.
El Perro Cósmico, Bogotá, Colombia
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