Bogota, Colombia, South America I had to get up early this morning to make sure I was at the US Embassy in time for my 8am appointment. I got a taxi at 7am in case there was a lot of traffic, and I got there for about 7:30am. It worked out well though because I had time to grab a quick bite to eat before heading in. I was the second person to go into the embassy, and they were…
Bogota, Colombia, South America I got up early this morning and got a taxi over to Melissa’s house, even though she was working. I was at their house by 7:15am, and we headed off to the tennis court. Vanessa, Luz Mery and I picked up German on the way to the courts, and the four of us played doubles for two hours. It was really good. I was Luz Mery’s partner, and we won the first few sets we played,…
Bogota, Colombia, South America I got up this morning at my hostel, got my tennis gear on, and made a quick phone call to Copa Airlines. I felt like the 14th is still too soon for me to head to Paraguay, so I changed my ticket again so I can leave on the 19th now. This means that I’ll have time to go to the US Embassy and get my new passport issued, and I will also be here to…
Bogota, Colombia, South America I have to say, I was very impressed this morning that Melissa and I woke up and had plenty of time to get ready to go play tennis at 11am. After going to bed at 5am, I didn’t think we were going to make it. We got a taxi back to her house, grabbed the tennis gear, and took the car over to the courts. Surprisingly, Luz Mery and Vanessa showed up about ten minutes after…
Bogota, Colombia, South America I got up this morning after a great night’s sleep, and was impressed to hear that Melissa was still coming to pick me up to go play tennis. I had thought that she would be too hungover, or at least too tired to play, so that was a nice surprise. It ended up being just Melissa and I playing as the other ladies were too tired. It was really good to get back out on the…
Bogota, Colombia, South America Today was fairly quiet, but was still really nice. I hung out at the hostel this morning, and then walked over to Melissa’s office to meet her for lunch. On Friday Melissa normally goes out to lunch with some workmates, so we went out to El Corral with everyone. I’m still impressed at how good the burgers are there, considering they’re just a Colombian version of Burger King, but way better. On my way back after…
Bogota, Colombia, South America I got up this morning and felt much better than I had yesterday. Must have just been a 24 hour bug or something. They brought us another awesome breakfast, and Melissa went off to work. I chilled at the hotel this morning to enjoy the last morning at this beautiful place. Since I’ve decided to stay in Colombia for almost another week, I had to find a cheaper place to stay, so I found a hostel…
Bogota, Colombia, South America I woke up this morning and didn’t feel well at all. My stomach was in knots and I was feeling really tired. We had an amazing breakfast brought to us at 7am, and it included fresh fruit, pancakes, an omelette, fresh juice, hot chocolate, and granola with yogurt. It was amazing! Another amazing thing that happened is I called Copa Airlines this morning to see how much it would cost to change my flight, and I…
Bogota, Colombia, South America Melissa and I got up really early this morning, to make sure we could enjoy as much time as possible in San Gil. We got all of our stuff together and left it in the hostel at about 7:15am. We went around the corner to the central market and found a little place to have breakfast. I had scrambled eggs and a fresh strawberry juice, and Melissa had an arepa with orange juice. Both meals were…
San Gil, Colombia, South America Melissa and I had a great day in Barichara today! It started out with a nice long lie, and we got up around 9:30am to have breakfast at the hotel. Technically it is called a hostel, but this is much more of a hotel than a hostel. We have a nice room with a private bathroom, there is a swimming pool, gardens all over the place, and a great breakfast that I haven’t encountered in…