April vacation week is coming up. I’m not one to miss a vacation, so the $221 deal to Colombia seemed like the perfect fit. Leave Thursday, return the following Saturday. Kiddo misses 2 days of school because she’s a senior (and her parents are cool like that).
Then the plan starts to evolve and grow a mind of its own. Avianca decided not to fly from Boston to Bogotá on Thursdays anymore, so we had to rebook to Wednesday afternoon. A long contemplated work trip to Uganda suddenly falls into place for me and a coworker/friend. There’s a solar eclipse happening. The result is a schedule that is insane:
March 29: Ellie and I fly to Amsterdam
March 30: fly to Kigali, Rwanda
March 31: Kigali
April 1: land crossing to Bwindi National Forest in Uganda for gorilla tracking
April 2: Queen Elizabeth National Park safari drive and river safari
April 3: Mbarara, working
April 4: Mbarara, working
April 5: Mbarara, transfer to Entebbe
April 6: Shoebill swamp tour and explore Kampala; midnight flight to Amsterdam
April 7: Ellie and I part ways; I sleep a few hours in the airport hotel, then fly home
April 8: drive to NH for the eclipse and drive back home
April 9: normal workday followed by a Bruins game
April 10: evening flight to Bogotá
April 11: Bogotá
April 12: Santa Marta and Tayrona National Park yacht cruise
April 13: Santa Marta and Cartagena
April 14: boat to Rosario Islands and stay the night
April 15: return to Cartagena
April 16: fly to Pereira, drive to Salento and tour a coffee finca
April 17: valle corcora and drive to Manizales
April 18: hot springs
April 19: fly back to Bogotá
April 20: fly home
Tomorrow is day 1 of this epic journey. Tonight we barely managed to feed ourselves (very good Indian and middle eastern food) and now it’s bedtime. Tomorrow we start the day with the Genocide Memorial/Museum – a haunting experience, but also really important to learn about and it is thoughtfully done from what I’ve heard.
Vacation Days 