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Day 31 – Quindio Jardin Botanico

Monday 7th May, 2012 Leave a Comment

We got to sleep in a little today (very little – the kids still don’t get the concept of sleeping in!) – we asked Gustavo to pick us up at 10:30am and drive us to the Quindio botanic gardens and butterfly house. Gustavo took us on a leisurely drive through the outskirts of Armenia, then onto … [Read More »]

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Day 30 – Parque Nacional del Café

Sunday 6th May, 2012 1 Comment

Early start this morning, we had a 9:30am pickup by Gustavo, the driver organised for us by the girls from the travel agency. Gustavo drove us to the Colombian National Coffee Park, only about 15 minutes away from our hosteria. The Parque Nacional del Café is a theme park, a combination of museums, historical and cultural … [Read More »]

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Day 29 – Coffee Region

Saturday 5th May, 2012 1 Comment

We were up early this morning to finish packing – our driver was arriving at 11am. Rather than flying back to Bogota, we decided to visit the Coffee Region north of Cali for a few days and fly to Bogota from a city nearby rather than driving all the way back to Cali. Magnolia had … [Read More »]

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Day 28 – City Tour, LAN and Bubble Wrap

Friday 4th May, 2012 2 Comments

After breakfast this morning, Enrique organised a driver with a van to take us on a city tour. We stopped at several lookouts with views over the city, including the Cristo Rey monument. Unfortunately, it was a very hazy day – even more hazy than our last visit here in 2009, so we couldn’t see … [Read More »]

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Day 27 – AcuaParque

Thursday 3rd May, 2012 3 Comments

Today Magnolia picked us and the American family up with a minivan at 11am to take us all to AcuaParque de la Caña – a water park. We were worried about the weather early on, but we needn’t have been concerned – the weather in the east of the city is usually warmer and drier than where … [Read More »]

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