Good Evening From The Vip Lounge At Bogota Airport

well the end of another pmp trip to unusual destinations. the peopke of colombia have been unfailingly friendly and kind and we have been amazed atvthe ammount of venues which have been wheelchair accesable for mandy. for everyone of the many of you whomhave ordered dvds whilst we have been away wr shall hsve thesein the post to you on monday. this blog on the ipaf ishsrd to doband has no spell check correction as im sute many of you have alresdy discovered but apologirs but im sure that most of you have managed to follow our progress which has taken us from the capital bogota up to the forests of the tayrona national psrk then west to the seaside carribean resorts odf santamarta then eest yet again to cartegina. after this we flew down tomedellin which was once one of the mostdangerous cities on the planet but since the latesnineties has reinvented itself as something odf a tourist and cultural destination although themain square full of sculputres isnext to avery dangerous area, a work in progress i think. anyeay then we flew down to the capital bogota once again and to the hilton hoyel which has such friendly staff and everyone remembered us by name and wrlcomed us back. today friday the girls went to the gold museum and other city centre attractions which included a recommended emersld dealer needless todaymandy has dineher best toboost the colombian economy and reverse the decline in world trade. as i sit tuping thisblog they are now downstairs in duty free adding to their booty. i have lost count of the photos and how many hours of film i have taken perhaps 2500 stills and 15 hours video. there will be plenty for the truck and public transport enthusiadts. we haer that paraguay isvery safe to visit now plus ecusador and peru so lts more potential latin americancoverage. the next majot trips are china in may and malta in june but other trips arevery likely now that i am retired. for my friend who collects transport tickets i report that colombian is vety barren, and the pavements do not even require sweeping there isno ticket refuge. i did howeverkeep one of tjemetro tickets i bought, the stored value cardis automatically kept by the ticket entry machine. i have also got the funicular montserrat ticket ftrom bogota. elsewhere where the buses are all private it is acash only psyment sydtem.well i need fortifyingwith yet more wine so i bid you farewell for this last report from colombia sunday i will report our safe return to lower peover god willing.