Mike's Bogota Blog

If one day soon you see one of those ubiquous ' rolling chimneys ' - buses, trucks or cars which belch out greasy smoke eve...

Pedestrians walk down the Eje Ambiental in La Candelaria. This week, Bogotá hosted a conference, called Walk 21, of city planning e...

Celebrate! Bogotá just extended the life of the city 'Provisional' Integrated System of Public Transit (SITP) for yet anothe...

' In less than 20 years, half of Bogotá's residents will be fat .' ( El Tiempo ) The media reports that obesity in Col...

A TransMilenio bus belches its way thru central Bogotá recently. How much cleaner will the new buses be? In a small victory for cle...

An Oxxo about to open in Las Aguas, beside the Plaza del Periodista. Get your junk food fix here: An Oxxo window on 19th street. ...

El Tiempo ran this interview today pointing out - and who would have thought of it? - that diesel smoke is poisoning our air, and poiso...

Camel cigarette girls on the prowl today for young victims in La Candelaria. I was cycling across the Plaza del Periodista this afte...

The holidays, when schools and businesses shut down and many Bogotanos leave town, allows a temporary respite for our lungs. El Tiempo ...

' You could lose your baby by smoking .' Colombia is renewing its graphic cigarette warnings, which is a good thing, and lik...