Back from Colombia...

We flew to Colombia on August 9th (Esai's birthday) for 9 days. We had such an amazing time. We rented a "finca" in Chinuata for 3 days. The kids played in the pool for a little while becuase the water was ice cold. The warmest part of the day was about 69 degrees F. It was a little weird to have to wear pants and jackets most of the time when back home the coldest part of the day in in the high 70's.

Gil, Raulito, Cathy and I went white water rafting at "Rio Sumapaz" which is in the city of Melgar.
. Our guide picked a few spots for us to jump off of a tall rock into the river and another time he let us all jump out of our raft and just float down the river. It was so amazing becusae the view of the mountains around you were mazing and to be with Cathy and Raulito made even more fun, we laughed so much! (Thank you Tia Elvira for taking care of the boys for us)!

Then on another day we went to a hotel that was across the highway from the finca called Hotel Maduara. It was awesome! They had 4 sections in 2 levels, Climbing wall (rock), Throw lines , High rope games, Tibetian bridges, Trunks pass. The younger kids had their own park to pla in. Then after that Gil and I went with Raulito, Rick and Lore to rappel between the mountains.

We went to the malls, walk through the streets and visited Monserrate. You can look from any point of the city, and you can see Monserrate. It is 3.152 meters above sea level. The view is incredible.

Their is so much to talk about and so many pictures to see. I will try to minimize the amount of picture that I post, but I have about 1200 pictures. So please have patience when you look at my pictures.

Gil's fmily in Colombia is so warm and caring and the culture in Colombia is so different from the states. I will miss not being in Colombia and we will miss our family even more. Hopefully we will visit again very soon.