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Day 8 – Sugar Cane Museum

Saturday 14th April, 2012 Leave a Comment

We all had a decent sleep overnight, Nicol wasn’t too restless and didn’t keep us waking every 10 minutes whenever she moved, like Andres did when we first got him – although we were new parents at the time and completely terrified! This morning, the owner of the hotel offered to take the three families … [Read More »]

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Day 7 – Chiquitines and Nicol

Friday 13th April, 2012 9 Comments

The big day today! We were up early, showered and headed down for breakfast. We ended up buying a box of Cornflakes to have at breakfast, since the only cereal they serve are “Zucaritas”, essentially the same as “frosted flakes” – cornflakes coated in sugar. We would prefer something wheat based like Weetbix, but nobody … [Read More »]

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Day 6 – Chiquitines

Thursday 12th April, 2012 4 Comments

We slept in this morning for the first time this trip. I was supposed to set an alarm to make sure we got up in time for breakfast, but I forgot. Fortunately I did wake up in time, even if it was much later than we had planned. I think we all needed the sleep. … [Read More »]

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Day 5 – Pension Stein and Archies

Wednesday 11th April, 2012 2 Comments

After breakfast this morning, Leanne took Andres to play on the front porch of the hotel while I caught up on some work. The Danish family who arrived yesterday have a 2 year old son who was adopted from Bogota 18 months ago and are here in Cali to adopt a daughter from Chiquitines at … [Read More »]

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Day 4 – Pension Stein and ChipiChape

Tuesday 10th April, 2012 1 Comment

Having gone to bed so early the night before, when I was awake at 4:30am I decided to get up and do some work. At least it was quiet! Breakfast was pastries and eggs, not too bad, but I think Andres is missing his Weetbix. After breakfast we caught a taxi to ChipeChape, a large … [Read More »]

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