Archives for March 2012

We visited the Colombian Consulate in North Sydney today – they are such lovely people and are always excited to talk to people who are going to travel to Colombia. Australians don’t need a visa to visit Colombia for tourist purposes, but since we are signing official documents while over there, we need a special … [Read More »]

Our flights have been ticketed. Flights are a lot more expensive now than when we last did this trip in 2009! Just over $12,000 all up for the entire itinerary this time, while back in 2009 it only cost us around $5,300 in total. Even if we add in a 3rd person to our 2009 costs … [Read More »]

Sent our preferred flight options to the travel agent this morning. Normally I would prefer to book our flights directly online, but given the complexity of the flight options (potentially multiple carriers) and especially the non-standard ticketing requirements for Nicol (she is only flying one-way, while the rest of us are on return flights), I … [Read More »]

Yay – we finally have travel dates from Chiquitines. They have offered us a choice of our first meeting on the 12th or 19th of April. Of course we chose the earlier date! The 12th is the Thursday after Easter, which is later than we were hoping for, but I always thought we would be pushing … [Read More »]

A few more things off the to-do list in the past two days. Last week I managed to get a new pair of trousers but they were too long in the leg, so I took them in to an alterations place in Chatswood yesterday to have the hems taken up. We also managed to get … [Read More »]