Travelling to Colombia

Welcome to my blog and my 1^st post. Recently in February 2015 I visited Colombia. However, this was not just a holiday but a family reunion! I am a native of Colombia, however for the past 15 years I have been living here in the U.K

Due to various reasons, this is my 1^st time going home. This is a journey that I had been wanting to make for so long, the chance to see my family again and to meet new members of my family. This was a trip like no other! I am lucky as I got to experience this with my Son Daniel now aged 11. Daniel had never met any of our Colombian relatives. We left the U.K knowing that this journey was going to be a blast! 

The day before our flight we got the train from Glasgow to London Euston with Virgin Trains. When we arrived in London, we met Daniel’s Uncle Brian where we spent the night before going to London Heathrow Airport.

On the day of the flight we were very excited for our trip, I couldn’t believe that I was going to see my family! This was a trip that I had dreamt about and talked about for a number of years and now it was a reality! My boy Daniel always said to me we would make the trip and we did!

Avianca is the number 1 airline serving Colombia and they were our 1^st choice. We had a fantastic flight from London Heathrow to Bogota, the capital of Colombia. This was Daniel’s very 1^st time flying and he was very nervous and apprehensive but he enjoyed it! 

We arrived in Bogota and it was then that it hit me, I was home! Finally! However, we still had another flight to go. This time on a tiny Fokker airplane from Bogota to Manizales where my beautiful family were waiting for me! The 2^nd flight was quite nerve wracking and not an experience I ever want to repeat. This was because it was on a tiny plane with propellers!

We landed in Manizales and coming into the airport I knew I was home. You can live in many different places around the world but your home is always your home!

We collected our bags and on the other side of the window in the baggage terminal, I couldn’t believe my eyes my family were there right in front of me!

We walked through to the exit to greet them, to hug them, to kiss them and so a month of Colombian adventures began! I am going to take you on this amazing journey with me! 
You can check out my full playlist on YouTube from the video above and join me on my Colombian journey back home!