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Archives for May 2009

Visas issued

Monday 11th May, 2009 2 Comments

Busy day today taking care of all the last minute items before we leave on Wednesday. Started off early, heading to North Sydney to visit the Colombian Consulate and submit our visa applications. The Consul and her staff were lovely people, one of them was actually from Cali and he was very excited that we … [Read More »]

Filed Under: Colombia 2009

Flights Booked

Saturday 9th May, 2009 2 Comments

Slight change of plans for the trip. Turns out that Qantas and Avianca are having a bit of a problem with invalid fare codes in the booking system, meaning that we can can’t actually book Avianca flights correctly right now (not without jumping through too many hoops). This has made the whole trip rather more … [Read More »]

Filed Under: Colombia 2009

Travel approved

Wednesday 6th May, 2009 1 Comment

Finally we have the go-ahead to travel to Colombia. Andres has passed all his medical checks and his visa has been approved pending final documentation from Colombia. We have an appointment on the 18th May at the orphanage to collect Andres and I think another meeting or two the day after – and then we … [Read More »]

Filed Under: Colombia 2009

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