Barranquilla

We are in Barranquilla and recuperating from the trip. It was successful, Diego was an absolute trouper but a 4 hour delay in Toronto and the night in Bogota that that created made for a very long trip. Here is the itinerary in short form.
-28th we drove to Toronto to stay with Kendra and Len. Great visit but not much sleep for either of us due to the emotion of the upcoming trip.
-29th we get to the airport in lots of time. Park the car - get free valet parking, arrive at the airport and find that the flight is delayed. Diego - happy in the airport walking around and looking at people keeps us entertained.
The delay continues to grow and we finally leave the airport at 4:30 - now with little hope of making our flight in Botota. We arrive at Bogota and are given a hotel voucher. A mini bus picks us up - with all our luggage and the luggage of several of the other travellers - including a couple of very tired and disoriented Canadians from Alberta and gets us to the airport. In the room by 12:00
-30th. Once in the room Diego wakes up after having slept in the sling for the whole bus ride and ensuing chaos. He thinks it,s morning and time to play and needs some convincing to sleep. 1:00. After 3 very short hours of sleep we are up again, getting the bags down the elevator and into a taxi. At the airport we get pushed ahead in the line (thanks to God for small blessings) and get organized to get on our flight to Barranquilla. Everything went well, Diego slept, we were so tired by the time we arrived it was hard to be too excited. Raquel came to get us in her new car with airconditioning. We got to her apartment, ate, rested and felt much better.



Now it´s new years. After a wonderful New Years dinner we talk, eat, receive visitors, phone calls, rest. Today we are going to try to get to the beach but if we don´t that will be OK to. We´re happy to be here and to not have to do much. There is a delicious breeze and lots of people to play with and keep an eye on the baby. Perfect really.