Another early start today – this time we arranged for a driver to take us south to Zoologico Santacruz. Our driver picked us up around 10am and we headed off, expecting to arrive at the zoo in around an hour or so. Alas this was not to be. It is a long weekend here in … [Read More »]

After breakfast this morning we arranged for a driver to take us to Parque Jaime Duque – a theme park just north of Bogota. With traffic pretty heavy, it took us nearly an hour to get there. It rained pretty much the whole way and we were hoping for the typical Bogota “four seasons in … [Read More »]

Had a reasonable night of sleep, although Andres was a bit restless in the early hours of the morning which kept waking us up. Andres turns 8 months old today – he’s a big boy now! I got a call from Patricia not long after breakfast telling me that she had checked with ICBF and … [Read More »]

Up early this morning to finish packing – our flight to Bogota leaves at 12:15pm. Somehow we managed to squeeze all our gear into our bags. We had some time to say goodbye to everyone and exchange a few last minute emails – I have a list of people waiting for copies of some of … [Read More »]

We were going to get up early this morning to go to Cali Zoo again, but it was raining. Given our previous trip to the zoo was quite short, we didn’t get to see everything we wanted to, and I didn’t get to spend any time taking photos of the enclosures (as opposed to the … [Read More »]