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.…
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…
MINI CENTRAL ISLAND TOUR, SATURDAY, 9TH MARCH – SUNDAY, 17TH MARCH It’s been a long while since we posted a blog. After our travels around Africa, our life in New Zealand seems rather mundane and certainly not worth reading about. Dennis has been immersed in DIY and maintenance around the…
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…
On Tuesday we went to collect Poki from Rotterdam. It all went very smoothly, although it almost didn’t. Dennis had set his phone alarm for 4am. It didn’t go off. Very fortuitously Dennis woke at 4.30. Our taxi to take us to Gatwick AIrport was due at 5. It was…