This is the index of posts from our trip to Colombia in April 2012 to adopt Nicol.
Before the Trip
- We have a daughter!
- Nicol
- Documentation
- Transformer
- Immigration and Family
- Fingerprints
- Unexpected Jab
- Driving me Crazy
- Tag-team Grandparents
- Emotional Baggage
- Brave Boy
- Medicals cleared
- Documents Sent
- Hampel Kids
- Test Pack
- The pain of waiting
- Final Delivery
- ToDo List
- Travel dates
- Itinerary
- Flights Ticketed
- Colombian Consulate
- Visas Ready
- Tidying and Packing
The Trip
- Day 1 – Sydney to Santiago
- Day 2 – Santiago to Bogota
- Day 3 – Bogota to Cali
- Day 4 – Pension Stein and ChipiChape
- Day 5 – Pension Stein and Archies
- Day 6 – Chiquitines
- Day 7 – Chiquitines and Nicol
- Day 8 – Sugar Cane Museum
- Day 9 – Follow the Cow
- Day 10 – Grocery Shopping
- Day 11 – Clothes Shopping
- Day 12 – ICBF, Notario, Chiquitines and the great storm
- Day 13 – Clean up
- Day 14 – Cousins
- Day 15 – River Cats
- Day 16 – Simon Parrilla
- Day 17 – Unico
- Day 18 – Sleeping, Swimming and Shopping
- Day 19 – The Demolished Hospital Still Open
- Day 20 – Zoologico de Cali
- Day 21 – Hotel
- Day 22 – Santander de Quilichao
- Day 23 – Still Following the Cow
- Day 24 – Sentencia and Parque Artesanal Loma de la Cruz
- Day 25 – Pocoyo
- Day 26 – Passport
- Day 27 – AcuaParque
- Day 28 – City Tour, LAN and Bubble Wrap
- Day 29 – Coffee Region
- Day 30 – Parque Nacional del Café
- Day 31 – Quindio Jardin Botanico
- Day 32 – Salento and Cocora Valley
- Day 33 – Recuca
- Day 34 – Armenia to Bogota
- Day 35 – Halifax
- Day 36 – Halifax Again
- Day 37 – Parque Jaime Duque
- Day 38 – Monserrate
- Day 39 – Zipaquira Salt Cathedral
- Day 40 – Artesanias Maku Bogota
- Day 41 – Bogota to Santiago
- Day 42 – Australian Embassy
- Day 43 – Santiago to Sydney