[There's a long pause, as it slowly sinks in....this man isn't kidding. He sighs, slumping his shoulders]

Must be a really long time... [Airplanes have been around forever!! ]

Airplanes are a fast means of travel. It'd be able to get you to any city with an airport in Colombia within a day.

Though...if your home is that cut off from the rest of the country, it's probably nowhere near any airports....

[So. That makes thing difficult]