Bogotá sits at more than 8,200 ft. (2,500 meters) which takes a bit of getting used to for us sea level dwellers. The festival was so well organized that they had oxygen tanks at all the show areas for the artists who were short on breath. I didn’t really notice the altitude until I started playing. I kept on running out of breath and even getting dizzy while I was performing. Rather than stopping my shows to takes a hit off the oxygen tanks, I preferred to just make it part of the act and go on with a light altitude buzz.
For anybody traveling to Colombia I highly recommend the Ibro-American Theater Festival! You’ll see many of the best acts in the world all together in one place! Viva la Colombia! Viva the Ibero-American Theater Festival of Bogotá!
Special thanks to Carlos Alberto Carvajal González who was kind enough to send me some of these photos!