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Visas Ready

Tuesday 3rd April, 2012 Leave a Comment

I went in to the Colombian Consulate to pick up our passports with the visas in them this morning. We are now officially ready to travel – all we have left to do is pack!

Filed Under: Adoption, Colombia 2012

How to extend the range of your home WiFi network

Monday 2nd April, 2012 3 Comments

There are several approaches for increasing the range of your home’s WiFi network. Two basic options are: use a Wireless Access Point to add additional wireless coverage to your network use a Wireless Range Extender to increase the coverage of your WiFi They achieve largely the same result, but via two very different methods, and … [Read More »]

Filed Under: General, Technology

Colombian Consulate

Friday 30th March, 2012 Leave a Comment

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 »]

Filed Under: Adoption, Colombia 2012

Flights Ticketed

Thursday 29th March, 2012 Leave a Comment

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 »]

Filed Under: Adoption, Colombia 2012

Itinerary

Wednesday 28th March, 2012 Leave a Comment

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 »]

Filed Under: Adoption, Colombia 2012

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