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Friday, May 16, 2008
photos
Hurray, finally we´ve got some photos online! Here you can view them: Colombia photos.
Once our dear friend MJ has recovered from giving birth to a baby boy (congrats MJ!!) you´ll be able to access the photos via the link of the blog menu on…
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Onto Bogota
Today is our last day in Medellin… tonight we fly onto Bogota where we will stay with Sofia and Alejo, in the house where Manuel used to live as a kid.
We’ve wrapped up the volunteer work, as you’ve probably read in the other postings this has been…
Sunday, April 06, 2008
City of Eternal Spring
It’s a lovely day outside, birds are singing, a nice breeze comes through the open windows, and everywhere we look it’s green with mountains in the background. We are in Medellin, city of eternal spring and our home for the coming 6 weeks. With rainy season in April. Haha, nice…
Thursday, April 03, 2008
Houston we have a problem!
We have a lift-off but it wasn’t smooth…
After a 1.5 hr delay out of Narita we were finally on our way to adventure. 11.5 hrs later we landed in Houston, to transfer to our flight to Bogota.
For reasons only known to Mr. Bush and…
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Colombia - Would you take the risk?
I found this fun clip about my home country. We are definitely taking the risk.
Make sure you watch it fully (or risk missing the point). Enjoy. 
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Fun Facts About Colombia
- Colombia is the only South American country that has coast on both oceans, Pacific and Atlantic. It has a total landmass of roughly 1,140,000 square kilometers, which is about 27 times the size of the Netherlands.
- Colombia has the world’s greatest diversity of orchid species (3,500)…