Horse Stable

Horse Stable adjoins Spa property

Hiro has "world class" horses and for that matter, probably "first class" accomodations.....? Take a look. He has about 100 horses stabled here and another 80-90 on adjoining ranch.

Views of International Spa

Courtyard of main personal residence

International Spa-Horse Ranch

This is Fernando and a friend, Hiro, whom Nada and I met when last visiting Colombia in October, 2010. Hiro is quite unique and has undertaken a very unusual project. We were invited to lunch last week to view his property and the current construction. I will only show here, a few pic's to hopefully give you an idea of what he is trying to accomplish. So far, his investment is well over $ 10 million [U.S.]. Hiro will incorporate many different native beliefs and methods using native Thai, Chinese, Indonesian personnel, etc. in the administration of therapy.

Hello Friends and Family.

I hope that you have enjoyed the "posts" to my blog on Nada and my current, extended trip to Colombia. We have been frequent visitors to Daughter Lorelle and Fernando, in Bogota, for more than 17 years now! We are always favorably amazed at how the City landscape, and economic conditions change, from one visit to the next.

It occured to me today, that, some of you who follow the "blog" for the first time, may not be aware, that you can very easily check back a couple years, for some previous experiences, during our soujourns. Such as, 4X4 wheeling in a very remote area of Colombia, previously help by the FARC and drug cartels, my meeting a "gringo" who was member of Missionary family that settled in that area, 30 years earlier. Or, a visit to Lima, Peru, The Pan American Highway, and NASCA Lines. You may even run into a picture of the Blog author, at a Bogota hospital after a 4X4 accident 90 Kilometers from Bogota.

When you get to the current site, click onto "view my complete profile" Scroll down to "my Blogs" From there just click onto any listed. Hope you enjoy.

Bob

Bogota Panoramic view

Downtown area of City. Apartments and commercial stretch to base of mountains, and more recently, starting to be built at higher elevations.

Bogota has a city population of approximately 7,300,000 persons, with a Metro population estimated to be 8 million 500 thousand persons. The city is at 2,625 meters, or 8,612 feet altitude [above sea level].

This picture of the city was taken from a drive above the City, crossing the mountain range ,

that you see in the background of the buildings in the first picture posted above.