AustráliaState of VictoriaHumeMelbourne Airport37°39’38” S 144°50’44” E
20 de junho de 2023, Austrália ⋅ ⛅ 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 somethingLeia mais
AustráliaState of New South WalesBotanyCooks River33°56’60” S 151°10’55” E
20 de junho de 2023, Austrália ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
Arrival time shown. Had a nice time in the Qantas lounge waiting to board for the long leg to Santiago.
20 de junho de 2023, Pimentão ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Our layover from Sydney in Santiago before flying to Bogota. Nice lounge!
ColômbiaDistrito Capital de BogotáBogotá D.C.El Rincón de los FrailesHumedal de Córdoba4°42’26” N 74°4’6” W
20 de junho de 2023, Colômbia ⋅ ⛅ 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 hoursLeia mais
ColômbiaDistrito Capital de BogotáBogotá D.C.Bella Suiza4°42’32” N 74°1’41” W
21 de junho de 2023, Colômbia ⋅ ☁️ 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 theLeia mais
ColômbiaDistrito Capital de BogotáBogotá D.C.El Rincón de los FrailesHumedal de Córdoba4°42’26” N 74°4’6” W 22 de junho de 2023, Colômbia ⋅ ☁️ 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 hisLeia mais
ColômbiaDepartamento de BoyacáVilla de LeyvaRobles5°39’29” N 73°30’55” W 23 de junho de 2023, Colômbia ⋅ 🌧 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 SimónLeia mais
ColômbiaDepartamento de BoyacáVilla de LeyvaSan FranciscoQuebrada La Colorada5°38’2” N 73°31’25” W 24 de junho de 2023, Colômbia ⋅ 🌧 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 forLeia mais
ColômbiaDistrito Capital de BogotáBogotá D.C.El Rincón de los FrailesHumedal de Córdoba4°42’33” N 74°3’52” W
25 de junho de 2023, Colômbia ⋅ ☁️ 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 weLeia mais
Viajante 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.
ColômbiaDistrito Capital de BogotáBogotá D.C.Bella Suiza4°42’45” N 74°2’2” W 26 de junho de 2023, Colômbia ⋅ ☁️ 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 weLeia mais
