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…
I’m afraid today was also pretty much a non-event. Neither of us had any energy. Dennis is recovered from his attack of Montezuma’s revenge, but somewhat drained. It didn’t help that there was a power cut during the night, resulting in a loss of air conditioning and a night too…
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…
Cartagena Despite arriving in Cartagena from Bogota late at night, the first noticeable difference was the heat. It’s very hot and more humid here. The day time temperature today is 31 degrees. Casa Moraira. We are staying at Casa Moraira, another boutique hotel in the old part of the city,…
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…
Casa Deco Hotel Casa Deco is classified as a boutique property, located in Candelaria, the old part of Bogota. We have a corner room on the third floor, with a small balcony overlooking the cobbled streets and colourful buildings. Breakfast has been superb and the staff are wonderful. In fact…
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…
Poki. Poki left Felixstowe on the Maersk IDANIA on 6th July and is currently in Rotterdam. Transshipping to the Maersk BATAM takes place here. As seems to always be the case, a delay has occurred. The departure from Rotterdam should have been on 15 July, but this is now scheduled…
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…
We’ve been back at our lodge in Wineham for almost 3 weeks now. Flaming June it isn’t. In fact some summer days here have been colder than back in Rotorua’s winter. On two occasions we have even put the central heating on. We seem to have a plague of hornets.…