[Stoner Travels] Intro / Colombia, Bogota

Sharing experience with fellow stoners who happen to travel / 420 subscribers celebration.

I've been travelling a lot since 2016 and in most countries I've visited I managed to get some dope, among other psychonaut experiences. Solely for the sake of Science, of course.

So lately I got an idea to start sharing tips and tricks with my readers, as well as photos of some cool smoking devices I encounter while bumming around the globe.
It's kind of a hobby and I also have a nice collection of such stuff:

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Left to right:

• Chillum (India) with a spare stopper stone and some medical bandages to serve as filter.
• Pipes (Thailand, Colombia, Dominican Republic) and filters.
• My new grinder (Colombia). Good grinder with partitions for grinded stuff and for dust, which is awesome.
• Weed box (Nepal). The pearl of my collection.
• My old grinder (Thailand). Bad grinder, no partitions, just some hails on the inside.
• Joint case (Iran) and all the expendables for joints.
• Farther away are some pipe cleaners and a pouch of tobacco.

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Not only this, I also want to discover and share the culture of consuming marijuana, based on the personal experience and some online research. For instance, I was quite impressed with Indian smoking culture when some monks in Jaipur invited me over to smoke some chillums with them.

Also, some useful links (not always useful and sometimes conflicted, but something to have a general idea):
http://www.marijuanatravels.com/
http://webehigh.org/

Sometimes they are all completely useless, for countries like Dominican Republic or Myanmar. But that's what I'm here for!

Having done with basic stuff, let's take a look at Bogota, the capital of Colombia.

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Finding:
It is extremely easy to find some pot around here. Weed is as common as tobacco and is clearly recognizable from afar by its distinctive smell. You can ask people on the streets, in hostels, etc. In my opinion, the easiest way is to come to Universidad de los Andes, in front of which there is a lawn where smoking pot is kinda legal, and it is actively used by students who chill there every afternoon, consuming profound amounts of pot which is next to free here, just ask around. The police looks the other way, but keep a low profile.

Prices:
Aim for 5000 COP (<2$) for 5 grams of good quality product. At least on the lawn mentioned above, in other places it can get to 10-15 thousands and you can also get other sorts like the one they call "creepy" which is sold rolled in horrible aromatic paper.

Smoking:
Generally people are okay with it, but be careful around cops, I've seen local people get busted by them for smoking in a park. They seemed to be okay in the end, but as a foreigner you are an easy target for cops who would love to bust you just to take a bribe from you.

^{Multitude of smoking stuff available everywhere}

Legality:
It is complicated question and according to locals there are different regulations in place. Some allow you to have less than 15 (?) grams, some do not allow any. So it's basically up to the cops to decide what to do with your gringo ass should you get caught. I got caught once (with <5g) and they just threw away my stash, I didn't even had to pay. But usually you would need to pay bribe up to 50 000 COP.

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Alright, that will be all for now, let me know if you're interested in posts like this and what are your places of interest, I can make an overview by memory if I've been there already. Even if not, chances are, I will be there one day to make another post.

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Previous posts:
Matemática in Santo Domingo [Street Photography]
Voyage to Colombia and a nasty surprise in the airport [Part 2]
Stylish water faucet in an ancient Persian bathhouse
Voyage to Colombia and a nasty surprise in the airport [Part 1]