Before I begin this story, I have to explain the heat of Cartagena. We have been to plenty of hot places. We camped and hiked in Death Valley twice. We have been to North Africa and the Sahara, Central America and Mexico. We had had plenty of time acclimate from Alaska, a month in south… Continue reading Arjona, Bolivar, Colombia
Category: Big trip II Alaska to Patagonia
An overland journey with six kids and two dogs from Fairbanks, Alaska to Patagonia
The Plan for Driving Through Colombia
After 7 nights in Cartagena, Team DeCorso is heading onward. We are up early this morning, 6:45am and Mark has already left to take some bags (Christmas presents!) to the van & camper and await the delivery of the propane. Here in the hotel, kids are showering and charging Nook tablets. When Mark comes back,… Continue reading The Plan for Driving Through Colombia
Jack in Colombia
Cartagena is a loud, old, and crowded city. Everywhere you go you can hear the music of the land being pumped out of large sound systems that loiter outside the shops and stores. People sell practically any item they can; men carry around chains covered in padlocks in hopes that people will purchase their golden… Continue reading Jack in Colombia
Cartagena – Jennah
Father is now here. He arrived on Saturday. Most of Saturday and Sunday we spent lounging around the hotel, with brief excursions into the heat. We had shishkabobs for dinner one night. They were really good, and the same guy also sold these things that were stuffed with chorizo, cheese and a unidentified meat. I… Continue reading Cartagena – Jennah
from Mark: Tampa to Cartagena
So the family left on Wednesday, December 12th out of Tampa for Coloumbia. I stayed behind to take the dogs. Spirit Airlines doesn’t take dogs internationally, or only takes tiny ones that fit under your seat, or something like that. So I had to fly on Avianca, the national airline of Colombia, which was the… Continue reading from Mark: Tampa to Cartagena
Food in Colombia
We have a little bakery very close to our hotel and they sell hot bread in the evening stuffed with cheese. We have been eating empanadas which are deep fried and have a thick slice of potato, an egg and cheese inside. They sell skewers of grilled steak on every corner and we had these… Continue reading Food in Colombia
Cartagena – Jack
We woke up early to catch our first of two flights to Cartagena. It was a quick flight, about forty minutes; the only problem was that I was stuck next to a large, awkward man the whole way to Fort Lauderdale. The Fort Lauderdale airport was packed. There really wasn’t anywhere to sit and the… Continue reading Cartagena – Jack
From Mark – Shipping adventures part 2
Ryan I and got up at 6:45 am for day two. This was about an hour later than I wanted to. We got some free coffee (a better start to this day than the day before) and headed back to Arturo’s office to drop off the dock receipts. We took the metro to the station closest… Continue reading From Mark – Shipping adventures part 2
From Mark – Shipping adventures
Ryan and I headed out to Miami to ship the van and trailer to Colombia. We left Sunday, Dec. 2nd, so we could get an early start on Monday morning. The hope was we could get everything done quickly and catch the train or bus back to Tampa Monday afternoon. We headed straight to the… Continue reading From Mark – Shipping adventures
Florida Day Three
Here we are in Florida. It’s warm and tropical, thought it’s a bit cooler than usual, since it’s fall/winter. The pool is chilly, about sixty five degrees, kind of chilly for swimming, but we’re Alaskan! Grandma, Grandpa, Jack and I went to a concert, Brahm’s Double Concerto. We saw Symphony No. 5, by Dmitri Shostakovich.… Continue reading Florida Day Three