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76 EVENTS AND PLACES
Date Feb. 11, 1963
Place Cali and Palmira
Weather Cloudy, then rainy
This morning Dr. Figueroa called for us at 8 to take us to the Agronomy school at Palmira. It was the beginning of the semester, & students were waiting around to enroll. Doris did not find many beetles, & finished her work by 11 o'clock. A young teacher also named Figueroa wanted to show me some snail eggs, so I went to his home to see them. The snails are much like our Florida apple snails, & I promised to send him info. on them. I am also taking some flies, a leech & some freshwater shrimps to be named. Dr. F. said he would take us to the bus, & I asked him for a few more croton leaves, as Doris wanted some for her neighbor, so he got the gardener to cut me a fine slip from 12 different kinds. This afternoon we got tickets for to-morrow's 355PM flight to Bogotá, as the plane schedule for the Indian fair at Selvia near Popayán that I had wanted to see was impossible, so I gave it up!
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EVENTS AND PLACES VISITED 77
Date Feb. 12, 1963 Tuesday
Place Cali and Bogotá
Weather Cloudy, fine & warm in Cali; cold in Bogotá.
As usual we waited around on a plane that did not come, & then it did finally came an hour late. We left at 4:50PM, & went over the high Alps, mostly in cloud banks, and sometimes a high little lake reflecting the occasional blue of the sky. Everything was very rugged down below, & I thought it would not be the place for a crush landing.  We got to Bogotá safely, just as the sun was setting at nearly 6, & there was a superb display of orange & pink clouds over the mountains in the west - the Central Cordillera, I think. The Hotel Tequendama was full so was The Continental (Doris had told me not to write in advance for rooms as I had always done, & see what happens!) so we are at the Residencia Staves at a temperature of around 50°F, & not one speck of heat. I finally prevailed on the desk clerk to get the little maid of all work to find a tiny electric heater for Doris' room so she wont catch  more cold,
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