• Monday 26 August 2019.
    Highlights: Emotional World Trade Centre visit, Phantom of the Opera.

    A very big and emotional day in New York City. I started by meeting my mother and brother at their hotel The New Yorker, for breakfast and a quick catch up by our later even attendance at the Phantom of the Opera.

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  • Sunday 25 August 2019.
    Highlights: Easy Immigration into the USA

    As one leg of the trip closes the final leg commences. Today I said goodbye to colourful Colombia and hello to the United States of America.

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  • Avianca
    Gate: 41
    Seat: 34A (Economy Window)
    Plane: A330-200
    Boarded: 12.26
    Pushback: 13.31
    Departed: (Scheduled 13.00)
    Arrived: 19.40 (Scheduled 19.55)
    Duration: 5 hour 9 minutes
    Distance: 3,981 kms

    This was the second leg of two flights to get to New York City, USA. The first flight was a Colombian domestic flight Santa Marta to Bogotá (review here). I had a 3 hour 20 minute transit between the domestic flight and the international flight.

    This flight was from the El Dorado International Airport (Bogotá) to John F Kennedy International Airport (New York).

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  • Avianca
    Gate: 5
    Seat: 26A (Economy Window)
    Plane: A319
    Boarded: 07.34
    Pushback: 08.10
    Arrived: 09.24 (Scheduled 09.40)
    Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes
    Distance: 710 kms

    This was the first leg of two flights to get to New York City, USA with this Colombian domestic flight from Simon Bolivar International Airport (Santa Marta) to El Dorado International Airport (Bogotá).

    I was scheduled to have a 3 hour 20 minute layover to get to my international flight to New York.

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  • Saturday 24 August 2019.
    Highlights: Orientation walk Santa Marta, Gold Museum, Farewell Dinner

    A very easy day after the hard work of yesterday hiking in the heat and humidity.

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