AustraliaVictoriaHumeTullamarine Airport37°39’38” S 144°50’44” E
June 20, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 4 °C
**This is a repost of the 19 June footprint**
Off on our trip to visit family in Colombia. First flight is to Sydney. Then to Santiago. Finally to Bogota. Roughly 27 hours. Nina realised somethingRead more
AustraliaNew South WalesBotanyCooks River33°56’60” S 151°10’55” E
June 20, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
Arrival time shown. Had a nice time in the Qantas lounge waiting to board for the long leg to Santiago.
ChileSantiago MetropolitanPudahuelSanta Teresa de Lo OvalleComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport33°24’3” S 70°47’36” W June 20, 2023 in Chile ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Our layover from Sydney in Santiago before flying to Bogota. Nice lounge!
ColombiaBogota D.C.Bogotá D.C.El Rincón de los FrailesHumedal de Córdoba4°42’26” N 74°4’6” W
June 20, 2023 in Colombia ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
First main leg was Sydney to Santiago (12 hours). We all enjoyed the Qantas lounge and the flight was very comfortable. One person maybe had a bit too much vino but we survived. We had about 5 hoursRead more
ColombiaBogota D.C.Bogotá D.C.Bella Suiza4°42’32” N 74°1’41” W
June 21, 2023 in Colombia ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
We are spending Wednesday and Thursday in Bogota. Miguel and Christina are hosting us in their beautiful apartment. Everyone woke up on Wednesday morning not feeling too bad and got through theRead more
ColombiaBogota D.C.Bogotá D.C.El Rincón de los FrailesHumedal de Córdoba4°42’26” N 74°4’6” W June 22, 2023 in Colombia ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Thursday morning and we all were up feeling pretty normal. Some went to the gym with Miguel and I started on Duo Lingo - better late than never!
Dean and Claudia arrived and we all went to hisRead more
ColombiaDepartamento de BoyacáVilla de LeyvaRobles5°39’29” N 73°30’55” W June 23, 2023 in Colombia ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
We left Bogota about 9:30am, heading for the family's house at Villa de Leyva. Nice to have a reminder of Colombian crazy driving on rural roads. On the way we visited the Puente de Boyacá and SimónRead more
ColombiaDepartamento de BoyacáVilla de LeyvaSan FranciscoQuebrada La Colorada5°38’2” N 73°31’25” W June 24, 2023 in Colombia ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
On Saturday morning (after some handball drills) we headed into the centre of town to explore, shop and have coffee. The huge cobbled Plazor Mayor (town square) is full of marquees and other crap forRead more
ColombiaBogota D.C.Bogotá D.C.El Rincón de los FrailesHumedal de Córdoba4°42’33” N 74°3’52” W
June 25, 2023 in Colombia ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
A travel day today, not much happened apart from experiencing our first Colombian traffic jam - surprised it took this long to be honest. We are back in Bogota and here until Tuesday morning, when weRead more
Traveler The traffic jam was caused by the road back to Bogota being closed for the cycling event near Villa de Leyva. The same event that had filled the Plaza Mayor with marquees and other garbage. We had maybe a 30 minute wait. But Bogota traffic was very quiet for a Sunday, Dean was surprised.
ColombiaBogota D.C.Bogotá D.C.Bella Suiza4°42’45” N 74°2’2” W June 26, 2023 in Colombia ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
After a bit of a sleep in and gym session we walked to the nearby Exito which is a massive retail store selling nearly everything! Dean and Harry met us there. The teenagers got some clothes and weRead more
