A fairly relaxed start to the day today – we had time for a leisurely breakfast down in the hotel dining room and then pack up to check out at around 11pm and catch a taxi to the airport. Our flight was on Avianca and was actually an international flight to Madrid (Spain) which stopped … [Read More »]
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Day 3 – Bogota
Managed to get a bit of a sleep in today – if you can call 8:30am a sleep in. Didn’t sleep as well as I would have liked – for some reason the hotel room gets really hot at night. I really can’t work out why. We headed downstairs for some breakfast and then spent … [Read More »]
Day 2 – Santiago to Bogota
Another early start this morning so we could check out of the airport hotel and wander across the road to check in for our flight. Wandered around the airport for a while and got some breakfast while waiting for our flight. The flight was just over 5 hours of flying time – a bit bumpy … [Read More »]
Day 1 – Sydney to Santiago
After a late night finishing off some last minute preparation for the trip (computer stuff mostly), we were up early to catch the airport shuttle to the airport. We had re-arranged the packing slightly yesterday so that we had no more than 20kg in each of the bags. That’s still close to 80kg across the … [Read More »]
At the airport
Currently waiting at Sydney international airport for our flight to Santiago. We will have a stopover in Auckland for about 90 minutes or so and should arrive in Santiago around noon today (Santiago time). Just an overnight stop in Santiago, staying at the Holiday Inn at the airport – we have an early flight to … [Read More »]