No. I stuck out like a sore thumb in Bogota, couldn't wait to kiss the ground at Mpls-St. Paul international when I got home. The hunting seems to be confined to government forces and the FARC, looking for each other, and most locals avoid the countryside, from what I could see. Civilians aren't permitted weapons of any sort, which, leaves them vulnerable to whatever. The first time the UPS man knocked on the door here at my home, my wife hid-a man at the door in a brown uniform was not a good thing in her world.
The mosquitos on planes thing happens here, by the way-I was on a flight that was delayed in New Orleans, where the flight crew opend the doors as we sat on the tarmac-the plane filled with 'skeeters in about 5 minutes.
It's "Colombia", by the way. Bogota is the shortened name of Santa Fe de Bogota. If you aren't fluent in Spanish, don't go alone as a tourist. You will be a victim. You might be, anyway, even if you are fluent.
Best,
Ted
