AustraliaState of VictoriaHumeMelbourne Airport37°39’38” S 144°50’44” E
20 Jun 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 somethingBaca lagi
AustraliaState of New South WalesBotanyCooks River33°56’60” S 151°10’55” E
20 Jun 2023, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
Arrival time shown. Had a nice time in the Qantas lounge waiting to board for the long leg to Santiago.
20 Jun 2023, Chile ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Our layover from Sydney in Santiago before flying to Bogota. Nice lounge!
ColombiaDistrito Capital de BogotáBogotá D.C.El Rincón de los FrailesHumedal de Córdoba4°42’26” N 74°4’6” W
20 Jun 2023, 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 hoursBaca lagi
ColombiaDistrito Capital de BogotáBogotá D.C.Bella Suiza4°42’32” N 74°1’41” W
21 Jun 2023, 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 theBaca lagi
ColombiaDistrito Capital de BogotáBogotá D.C.El Rincón de los FrailesHumedal de Córdoba4°42’26” N 74°4’6” W 22 Jun 2023, 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 hisBaca lagi
ColombiaDepartamento de BoyacáVilla de LeyvaRobles5°39’29” N 73°30’55” W 23 Jun 2023, 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 SimónBaca lagi
ColombiaDepartamento de BoyacáVilla de LeyvaSan FranciscoQuebrada La Colorada5°38’2” N 73°31’25” W 24 Jun 2023, 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 forBaca lagi
25 Jun 2023, 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 weBaca lagi
Pengembara 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.
26 Jun 2023, 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 weBaca lagi
