1) It's in the Andes. The elevation is about 8600 feet, so I'm looking forward to seeing what that does to me. Apparently the options include vomiting, nosebleeds, and nightmares. On the bright side, there are no mosquitos at that altitude so I only have to worry about malaria if I leave the city.2) It has a population of 7.5 million, which is about twice the population of Oregon. Comparatively, about 9,000 people live in Grinnell.
3) Dad fact: Bogotá is about 5˚ above the equator.
4) I will be living there for four months, starting in about a week. I'll be staying with a host family and teaching English to kids (no word yet on what ages), and probably going on some weekend trips with Operación Sonrisa, a group of doctors who operate on children with cleft palates. I won't officially be taking any classes, but I might sneak into the Universidad de los Andes with my host sister, who will be taking two anthropology courses: one on Aztecs, Incas and Mayas and one on indigenous and afrocolombian thought (exciting!!). There are some other things in the works, but we'll see about that once I get there.
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