After spending a couple days in Panama City, we flew into Bogotá, Colombia. It was beautiful and very, very cold (thanks to the elevation). The plane barely descended below cloud level before we landed. We stayed in a cute hostel in La Candelaria (a district of downtown Bogotá), where the owner's cat had just given birth to a litter of kittens! Photos to come eventually, but suffice to say we were very entertained.
Also, we got a private double at the top of the hostel that looked out over the rooftops of the surrounding area and the city. One whole wall was a giant window (not so great for privacy, but good for views) with a huge platform to sit on and a hanging chair to read in. We had a lovely few days in Bogotá, although we did spend a significant amount of time running away from pretty amazing thunderstorms.
When it was time to fly home, we took a taxi to the airport, enjoyed our last super-fresh tropical fruit juices (although I rather doubt the fruit came from Bogotá), and flew into Miami. Our luck had us at a hostel on Ocean Drive in South Beach so it was an interesting (if sensory-overloading) welcome home. We had a couple days to find non-travel clothes and wrapping paper, then flew to Minneapolis/St. Paul to visit Jay's uncle Joe, meet up with Jay's parents, and go to Steph's wedding. Jay, true to tradition, got terribly sick right before we flew into Oakland and spent the first few days at my house (including his birthday) throwing up. Fortunately, he got over whatever it was (which wasn't malaria) and is all better now. We spent a few weeks here in Berkeley, then he headed up to Mt. Shasta to be best man for Keith and Lisa's wedding (yay!).
So now we're with our respective families, waiting to return to the land of delicious kimchi. Yum.
There are thousands and thousands of photos and probably nearly 100 movies to filter through, but we'll post links when they're up. :-)
