Colombia Trip

kesäkuuta - heinäkuuta 2023

Visiting our Family in Colombia Lue lisää

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Matkaaja Colombia Trip
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- 20.6.2023 klo 8.00
- ⛅ 4 °C
- Korkeus: 113 m
- Australia State of Victoria Hume Melbourne Airport -37.660472, 144.84558737°39’38” S 144°50’44” E
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Leaving for Colombia
20. kesäkuuta 2023, 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 something was happening yesterday. The shopping bags are a care package for Dean of Aussie food and drink. See you on the other side!Lue lisää
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Matkaaja Colombia Trip
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- Jaa
- 20.6.2023 klo 9.25
- ☀️ 10 °C
- Korkeus: 8 m
- Australia State of New South Wales Botany Cooks River -33.949894, 151.18196833°56’60” S 151°10’55” E
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Sydney Airport layover
20. kesäkuuta 2023, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
Arrival time shown. Had a nice time in the Qantas lounge waiting to board for the long leg to Santiago.
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Matkaaja Colombia Trip
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- 20.6.2023 klo 11.00
- ☁️ 12 °C
- Korkeus: 475 m
- Chile Región Metropolitana de Santiago Pudahuel Santa Teresa de Lo Ovalle Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport -33.4007, -70.793233°24’3” S 70°47’36” W
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Outbound layover in Santiago
20. kesäkuuta 2023, Chile ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Our layover from Sydney in Santiago before flying to Bogota. Nice lounge!
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Matkaaja Colombia Trip
- Näytä matka
- Lisää toivelistallePoista toivelistalta
- Jaa
- 20.6.2023 klo 21.30
- ⛅ 12 °C
- Korkeus: 2 554 m
- Kolumbia Distrito Capital de Bogotá Bogotá D.C.El Rincón de los Frailes Humedal de Córdoba 4.707159, -74.0683524°42’26” N 74°4’6” W
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Travel & Arriving in Bogota
20. kesäkuuta 2023, Kolumbia ⋅ ⛅ 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 hours in transit in Santiago, Chile 🇨🇱. The final leg was to Bogota, Colombia 🇨🇴 (6 hours). We cleared Customs about 10:30pm. Family met us at the airport and we had a wonderful welcome. Dean's Aussie care package arrived intact. Have had a decent sleep overnight and can't wait to get out and explore... once the teenagers wake up!Lue lisää
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Matkaaja love the care package!!
21.6.2023VastaaKääntää
Nice one Jeremy👍 [Truc]
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Matkaaja Colombia Trip
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- Jaa
- 21.6.2023 klo 21.30
- ☁️ 10 °C
- Korkeus: 2 581 m
- Kolumbia Distrito Capital de Bogotá Bogotá D.C.Bella Suiza 4.708997, -74.0281564°42’32” N 74°1’41” W
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Wednesday in Bogota
21. kesäkuuta 2023, Kolumbia ⋅ ☁️ 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 the day.

After breakfast Claudia and Dean came over and we had a look around the apartment complex. After lunch we walked to the Parque El Country, which is an old polo field now used as open space. Bogota is very densely populated so any park is welcome. Dean's local AFL team (the Bogota Bulldogs) train here.

We continued walking to the Unicentro Shopping Mall where Liam bought shoes and Georgia had ice cream. After we got back home and changed dinner was at Carnaby Street Pasaje Gastronomico which is like a food court (but a good one).

Later we watched on TV the Colombia v Panama women's football friendly and went to bed about 9:30pm.Lue lisää
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- 22.6.2023 klo 22.30
- ☁️ 12 °C
- Korkeus: 2 554 m
- Kolumbia Distrito Capital de Bogotá Bogotá D.C.El Rincón de los Frailes Humedal de Córdoba 4.7072, -74.06844°42’26” N 74°4’6” W
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Dean's Workshop and A BBQ
22. kesäkuuta 2023, Kolumbia ⋅ ☁️ 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 his workshop to help move out a Toyota Landcruiser and see his project Beemer (a 3 series with a 6.2 litre V8). After that we had a magnificent chicken lunch and walked to Dean and Claudia's apartment.

Another walk to get beef, sausages (Argentinean - yum) plus salad for a BBQ at Andy and Natalia's place. We had a great time chatting with everyone and discovered Georgia has a talent for pouring tap beers (rules go out the window here). The boys started to get a bit tired so we headed home.

Tomorrow (Friday) we are driving to Villa de Leyva for a weekend at the family home there.Lue lisää
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Matkaaja you look a bit hot gringo!
23.6.2023VastaaKääntää
Matkaaja I think it was just a bad shadow 😕
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Matkaaja lol! you guys look like you are having fun! Keep enjoying! xoxo
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Matkaaja great project!
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- 23.6.2023 klo 18.43
- 🌧 16 °C
- Korkeus: 2 245 m
- Kolumbia Departamento de Boyacá Villa de Leyva Robles 5.657917, -73.5151535°39’29” N 73°30’55” W
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Off to Villa de Leyva
23. kesäkuuta 2023, Kolumbia ⋅ 🌧 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 Simón Bolívar monument. More info here:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puente_de_Boyacá

Lunch was in Santa Teresita and we arrived at Villa de Leyva. The house is very comfortable. We managed to have a swim and dinner in town. Tomorrow we will hit the town properly.Lue lisää
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Matkaaja What an amazing place!
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Matkaaja Wait until you see the town.
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Matkaaja The house is so cool as well
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- 24.6.2023 klo 22.30
- 🌧 14 °C
- Korkeus: 2 168 m
- Kolumbia Departamento de Boyacá Villa de Leyva San Francisco Quebrada La Colorada 5.633847, -73.5235495°38’2” N 73°31’25” W
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Saturday in Villa de Leyva
24. kesäkuuta 2023, Kolumbia ⋅ 🌧 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 for a cycling event - so those pictures have been ripped off the internet.

The town was founded in 1572 with narrow cobbled roads radiating out from the Plazor Mayor. There was little development over the centuries so virtually all of the Colonial architecture was preserved. The town was declared a national monument in 1954. The surrounding landscape is spectacular and in the valley many dinosaur fossils have been unearthed. (Wikipedia)

The town is very touristy by Colombian standards but is not in any way ruined by it. There are lots of courtyards with cafes, bars and restaurants.

We went back to the house for lunch and had Nancy's delicious Aijaco which is a chicken soup served with maize (corn), rice, avocado and capers. Once the food coma wore off we had a swim.

Dean and I lit the bbq and we had snags in bread (pan) for dinner, played music and some waited for the Collingwood game to start. Tomorrow we head back to Bogota. This really is a special place.Lue lisää
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Matkaaja are these Claudia's papás and sister?
25.6.2023VastaaKääntää
Matkaaja Yes correct. Miguel, Christina & Kiki
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Matkaaja Colombia Trip
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- 25.6.2023
- ☁️ 18 °C
- Korkeus: 2 548 m
- Kolumbia Distrito Capital de Bogotá Bogotá D.C.El Rincón de los Frailes Humedal de Córdoba 4.709304, -74.0645554°42’33” N 74°3’52” W
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Return to Bogota
25. kesäkuuta 2023, Kolumbia ⋅ ☁️ 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 we fly to Cartagena.Lue lisää
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Matkaaja Very special place! wow that traffic! you could have walked!
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Matkaaja 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.
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Matkaaja aahhh the cycling event! Tour d'Arepa?
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Matkaaja 🤣
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Matkaaja Colombia Trip
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- 26.6.2023
- ☁️ 18 °C
- Korkeus: 2 577 m
- Kolumbia Distrito Capital de Bogotá Bogotá D.C.Bella Suiza 4.712478, -74.0340124°42’45” N 74°2’2” W
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Exploring Bogota 1
26. kesäkuuta 2023, Kolumbia ⋅ ☁️ 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 we all had lunch from the food trucks.

We walked south along Avenida Carrera 9 and cut across to one of the older Bogota neighbourhoods around Parque de Usaquen where there is a nearby outdoor market. Dean suggested we have afternoon tea at Archies (very nice tiramisau) then we backtracked to the El Irish bar, which has an excellent local version of stout.

The plan had been to visit Monserrate which is a viewing spot over the city but the fernicular doesn't run that late in the day (apparently). So we headed back to the apartment for an early night as we all are flying to Cartagena tomorrow morning.Lue lisää
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Matkaaja yum!
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Matkaaja super yum
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