Leticia and The Amazon – Friday 21st to Friday 28th October 2016 As we arrived at Leticia airport after an hours flight south over the Amazon rainforest there was a commotion. Bogotá’s number one boy band had arrived on the same flight as us to be greeted by a gaggle
I somehow ran out of steam on the blog after we left Santa Marta last October. We then spent two and a half weeks in Colombia visiting Cartagena, Bogotá and Leticia on the Amazon before flying home on November 2nd. So here is a catch up on our time there:
We are in Bogotá and flying home tonight, so this post is only a few weeks out of date! I will try to catch up soon but we have been too busy enjoying our time in wonderful Colombia. For more up to date news please see Hugh’s blog. The link
Sunday 25th September to Thursday 29th September The passage from the ABC islands to the Caribbean coast of Colombia is known for the worst weather conditions in the Caribbean and ranks among the top five worst sea passages in the world, which is why we had been watching the forecast
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Spanish waters
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Villas Spanish Waters
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Security guys dinghy dock
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Oil terminal Curacao
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Willemstad
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Emma Brug pontoon Bridge
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Emma Brug pontoon Bridge
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Pilot boat pontoon bridge
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Floating Market fruit & veg
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Kura Hulanda museum
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Inland Curacao
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fighting Anolis lizards
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Bird at summit
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Westpunt
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Flamigoes
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Monday 19th to Sunday 25th September We ended up staying longer than intended on Curaçao. Soon after arriving we heard from a French couple on the bus that there were big winds due to hit here in about a week. As we watched the long range weather forecasts it appeared
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Vega Bonaire
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Aves de Sotovento
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Aves de Sotovento
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Barn swallow
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Salt pier
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Kralendijk
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Kralendijk
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Karel's dinghy dock
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Venezuelan veg seller
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Salt Pan Bonaire
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Slave houses
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Water pump
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Flamingo
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Lighthouse Bonaire
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Coast Bonaire
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Lake Gotomeer
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Rincon, Bonaire
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Rincon, Church
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Sunday 4th to Sunday 18th September We left Grenada feeling rather sad to say goodbye, especially to lovely friends Jayne, Paul and Lily with whom we’ve shared some wonderful times, but we were also looking forward to moving on to new places. I was apprehensive about the long sail ahead,
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Cutty and Avocadoes
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Cacao pod
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Waterwheel rum factory
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Rum factory - crushing cane
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Rum factory ladle
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Vat rum factory
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Distillery rum factory
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Paul sampling the rum
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Grenada forest
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Grenada Hash
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Water delivery
Saturday 20th August to Sunday 4th September You will all no doubt be glad to hear that the threatened hurricane that we were worried about in my last post never materialised but fizzled out mid Atlantic. Following shortly after this hurricane Gustav which had been heading towards Miami took an
Saturday 20th August 2016 We are now back in gorgeous Grenada after two months in Bristol having had a busy time catching up with family and friends. We had timed our return home to be able to vote in the EU referendum and were deeply depressed by the result. But
As you no doubt realise we have been back in Bristol for six weeks now. I’ve got rather behind on the blog but will attempt to catch up on the last four weeks of our trip in a final couple of posts before we head back to Grenada in mid
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Bequia ferries
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Bequia - Princess Margaret Beach
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Fisherman & gulls
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Laughing gulls
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Mango tree
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Will and Willa leaving
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Whale Museum
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Friendship Bay
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Friendship Bay Bequia
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Rum shop Bequia
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Mustique - Britannia Bay
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Mustique
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Flamboyant flower
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Mules Mustique
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Mustique islander's home
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Mick Jagger's house
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Tommy Hilfiger's house
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Mustique villas
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Mustique villas
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Mustique - Brittania Bay
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St Vincent and the Grenadines together make up one country, with St Vincent being by far the largest island, one of high mountains and lush green forest. The Grenadines consists of a chain of much smaller islands, stretching south from St Vincent almost to Grenada, some tiny and uninhabited, some
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