Brett Garamella

Travel: Colombia

Demonstrators march down La Septima, one of the main streets in Bogota, protesting the paramilitary and President Álvaro Uribe. Days earlier, Uribe had ordered a raid just over the Colombian border, in Ecuador, that killed two top FARC guerilla leaders.
  
A train transporting coal waits to leave the station in downtown Bogota.
   
César Rincón waves his red cape during a bullfight at Plaza de Toros de Santamaría in Bogota. Rincón, born in Bogota, is considered one of the greatest living bullfighters. This was his final bullfight before retirement from the sport. In Bogota, bullfights take place on Sundays in January and February.
     
  
The view from atop a roof in Barrio Gibraltar, a poor neighborhood in the southwest of Bogota, provides a scenic look at the capital.
   
Clouds cover the small Andean city of Manizales as sun shines down on a pasture in the foreground. Manizales is located in the heart of the coffee-growing region of Colombia, known as Eje Cafetero.
   
The Colombian flag waves from a building in La Candelaria neighborhood in Bogota. La Candelaria is Bogota’s oldest neighborhood with a bohemian and cosmopolitan feel. It is filled with museums, universities, theaters, and libraries, making it a vibrant historical and cultural center. On weekends its bars and restaurants are packed with young people from around the world.
     
  
Wax palms cover the hills of Cocora Valley as the sun sets. These palm trees are only found in this valley and are the tallest in the world, growing to about 50 meters.
   
Aficionados watch a bullfight from the 32-floor porch of an apartment building next to Plaza de Toros de Santamaría in Bogota. It was the final bullfight of the year. In Bogota, bullfights take place on Sundays in January and February.