Arriving at our accommodation. Jen mentioned in yesterday’s entry that we arrived in the rain. That would be an understatement. However, today dawned the complete opposite. Lovely and sunny and all that was left were puddles ankle deep in the road down to the hotel. We have now been in…
Developments. Jen received a message yesterday morning from IVSS, the UK shipping agents, telling us that the new anticipated date of arrival for Poki, into Cartagena, is now… wait for it… 25th August. A week earlier. Hallelujah!! Retail therapy. Much of yesterday was spent exploring more of the city. It’s…
A mixed bag of a day and not a lot to report so, we’ll fall back on some history of this place, to make an entry worth reading, hopefully? We’ve been in Colombia 11 days already!! Santa Marta was the first Spanish city in South America and is Colombia’s oldest…
As Jen mentioned, our new temporary residence is nothing glamorous, however the sleeping quarters are larger and brighter. Wifi is better too. The aircon works fine and we have a shared kitchen to prepare and cook food. What else could we possible wish for…? Just one thing…Poki..:) It’s a 3…
Montezuma features in today’s blog. Oh! it was a long time ago but his deeds live on, in microbia. A juice cocktail with the previous night’s meal started to impact during the early morning, and the day ended in a blur, for us both. It wasn’t till Jen, who wasn’t…
A little history. The Spanish landed in South America around 1500 and by the mid 1550’s had colonised much of the territory known as New Grenada. Santa Fe de Bogota was it’s capital. Enter Simon Bolivar, of aristocratic Venezuelan origin. He had returned from Spain and with the help of…
A groggy start to the day. Arriving at the hotel last night at 7pm, following a 7am start from Wineham, a two hour flight from Gatwick to Madrid and then a 11hour flight to Bogota. Our hotel room is above a busy old town, street. So this morning we were…
Wimbledon has commenced and semi-finalists are becoming known in the Euro 24 football competition. England have staggered through with a singular scarcity of goals. This weekend there are some important games in the Rugby Union international calendar. New Zealand All Blacks playing England in Dunedin. South Africa are playing Ireland…
I guess you could say the commencement of the final stage of this world journey, is under way. The last six months have flown. Apart from a couple of brief journeys south of Rotorua, our days have been spent around the house. Jen in the garden and me, mmm, doing…
Wherever you are, continuing with your travels or taking a break. With family or friends, or home alone, like us, enjoy the festive season and we hope you will look ahead to the New Year, for what it could bring, with eager anticipation. Brother Ash drove three hours to Auckland…