Preparing for Bogota

I have a red eye out of Portland tonight to begin the 2 day journey to Bogota, Colombia. Yes, you read correctly, it's going to take me about 2 days to get down there. When I booked the flight, United could only find a flight that was 11:20 PM, Sunday out of Portland to Chicago. Arrive in Chicago at 5:00 AM local time Monday. Then the next flight is 8:00 AM Tuesday from Chicago to Toronto, Canada then arriving in Bogota, Colombia about 9:00 PM Tusday, local time. I can't complain too much though. I used miles for the trip and just had to pay 75 bucks for the booking fee and taxes. The flight home isn't nearly as bad. I fly out of Bogota at 11:30 PM local time, arrive in Toronto the next day then fly into Seattle. From Seattle it's a short hop to Portland. Still a lot of flying though... but I'm used to long trips with all the traveling I do for work.

For those who don't know, the reason I'm going to Bogota is that a very good friend of mine is getting married next weekend. They both now live in Hillsboro and work at Intel but her and her fiance are originally from Colombia and they wanted to be married there.

While I'm in Colombia, I'll be staying in Bogota at the 101 Park House in the Grand Suite with some friends of mine. The hotel looks, well freaking awesome. Probably over kill, but since there are 4 of us splitting the bill, it's not that bad. Wednesday night the soon to be married couple have invited me to a dinner at their friends house. Then Thursday night we're supposed to go to a famous restaurant just outside of Bogota called Andrés Carne de Res which looks like a great place to learn more about Colombian food and have a good time. Friday is still kind of open and then Saturday is the big wedding and party.

After the weekend a couple of my friends and I will be flying out to Cartagena, Colombia which is on the the Caribbean Coast in the northern part of Colombia. It looks like a beautiful place to visit.

Well, that's about all for now. It's time for me to finish my packing and go purchase some good clothes for the wedding. I'll be posting on here when I have time.