Monday, April 12, 2010

Colombia Trip

We recently went to Colombia to have a family vacation and visit my parents before my Dad retires. Everyone except Peter came and stayed for a week, while I stayed for 2 weeks. So did Ben, who had minor surgery down there. We had a lot of fun hanging out together!


The adults went out and had some traditional Colombia cuisine at an old colonial house-turned restaurant in Bogota. Austin kept ordering fruit drinks they never brought it to him!

We went up to Monserate, a monastery that overlooks the city. It was a pretty steep gondola ride to the top.

We went out to a more tropical region for a few days and stayed with my parents friends. Cute newlyweds!
Having some poolside fun!
I was trying to shield my eyes because it was so bright. My Mom thought it looked like I was saluting. I was trying not to go blind!
We went out for ice cream one night and had some sundaes with fresh fruit. They put shredded mozzarella cheese on top. It was a little strange.
Look at this monster yawn I caught Luke doing. He was so tired from a day of swimming and running around.
Coming back, we bought some roadside pineapple.
The Buseta gave up on us on the way back to Bogota. We were stuck in a small town for about 4 hours. We stuck out quite a bit, to say the least.

We went to this cool zoo with lots of tropical animals here is me and Seth in front of the tiger cage.


Seth in his usual form. ooo, ooo!

We stopped at a roadside restaurant that had arepas, platinos, lots of different grilled meat and potatoes. We shared a big ol' platter of everything.


With Antonio, our driver and the coolest Colombian I know!

Group photo! There was a really nice view from here.