Reached our Destination!

A hazy shot from the aircraft window approaching Cartegena. Jamie, Karla and Aysha live on the spit of land separating the ocean from the harbour... Boca Grande


This is a shot of a residential area close to the airport.

This is photo inside a cab in Panama City. How well do you think that the air bag might function?

February 23/06

We made it! Canada to Colombia... 2400K by car (4 days), 7700K by motorcycle (six weeks) and a 1 hour flight.

We had no problem getting out of Panama. The flight to Cartegena was excellent. We flew on Copa Airlines, Panama’s national carrier, The airline operation was very professional, efficient and courteous. Service was excellent. They even served a hot sandwich and free bar service on the one hour flight. Air Canada could learn a few things from Copa!

It took a while to get through Colombian customs, only because of the volume of passengers. It was great to see Jamie and Aysha waiting for us as we came out of the airport, while Karla prepared for our arrival. They had taken a cab out but we need two cabs to get us back to their apartment.

A little local knowledge always helps… in this case Jamie knew that if you walked one short block (off the airport property), the cab fair dropped from 12,000 pesos to 5000 pesos. Apparently the taxis must pay a fee to pickup on airport property. (in case you are wondering… 2000 Columbian pesos = 1C$)

After getting settled we walked up to the old city for supper. The old city looks very interesting. Can’t wait to explore it in the day time. Standby for the photos...