Who writes this, and why.

The writer.

An expat based in the north-corridor of Bogotá. Years here, not months. The qualification here isn't a journalism degree; it's enough time at 2,640 meters to know the difference between a real safety concern and a traveler repeating something they read on Reddit, and enough rainy Aprils to stop pretending umbrellas are optional.

This site started as notes-to-self — where I'd actually send a friend flying in — and grew into a desk. The tone stays personal. The content stays honest.

What this site is.

A standing field brief on Bogotá, updated when the ground shifts. Not a top-10 list, not a food-blog, not content-farm slop. The homepage is the brief. The Briefing is where longer dispatches land when they're worth the space.

What this site isn't.

• Not sponsored. No hotel, restaurant, tour operator, or embassy has paid for placement here. Recommendations are what I'd actually say to a friend.
• Not AI slop. A human wrote every sentence. LLMs are useful for editing — they don't do the work of noticing which block in Chapinero flipped between January and March.
• Not a travelogue. No breakfast photos, no hostel diaries, no "I got lost in La Candelaria" stories. This is a brief.
• Not comprehensive. Bogotá has museums, a salt cathedral, a dozen coffee scenes. This site covers where to stay and what to know. Other sites do the rest better.

How the map works.

The Stay22 embeds aggregate live inventory from Airbnb, Booking, Vrbo, and Hotels.com. If you book through them, this site earns a small commission at no extra cost to you — that's how the lights stay on. The editorial and the affiliate layers are independent. The four neighborhoods on the homepage are the four I'd name to a friend texting from El Dorado, regardless of whether an affiliate link was attached.

Corrections & tips.

If I got something wrong or a block has shifted — tell me. This site improves with local corrections.