Catriona & James

We're Getting Married!

Welcome Family and Friends

Together with their families Catriona and James request the pleasure of your company to celebrate their marriage. Arrival - 1.00pm Ceremony - 1.30pm Cake, Drinks & Photos - 2.30pm Dinner & Speeches - 4.30pm Ceilidh & Dancing - 7.00pm Carriages - 11.15pm Please RSVP by Wednesday 29th of March.

When

2023-07-25

Ceremony

Dundas Castle

Edinburgh, , GB

Guest Accommodations

Dakota Hotel

Queensferry

To book call 0131 319 3690 - and quote 'Young, Yates wedding' to receive a discounted rate.

Edinburgh Accommodation

If you would rather find your own accommodation, there is loads in Edinburgh city centre - which is a short 15 minute drive away!

Wishlist

Help us create our dream wedding and honeymoon experience with any amount of donation!

• Ferry Ride & Day Trip to Colonia del Sacramento (Uruguay)

  An opportunity for us to travel into Uruguay, via ferry, for the day from our base in Argentina and visit the UNESCO World Heritage city of Colonia del Sacramento.

• Bird Watching Day Trip in the Paraguayan Chaco (Ascuncion, Paraguay)

  A full days bird watching in Paraguay's wildlife haven, the Chaco. With the chance to see hundreds of different bird species James' camera will be working overtime, with Trina will be on spotting duty

• Tickets to Biocentro Guembe Mariposario (Santa Cruz, Bolivia)

  A chance for us to visit the Ecological Park with walking trails, a butterfly house, an aviary (and a chance to see sloths). We really like sloths...

• Guided Hike to visit the "Giant Fern Forest" (Samaipata, Bolivia)

  A guided tour, in Amboro National Park, to see if the famous ferns are really as big as James...

• Guided Hike to the "Condors Nest" (Samaipata, Bolivia)

  A guided 5-6hr hike in Amboro National Park, Bolivia to find the Andean Condors - the largest bird in South America. James really likes photographing birds...

• Tickets to a Dinosaur Park (Sucre, Bolivia)

  Dinosaur Park (Parque Cretácico de Cal Orck'o), in the middle of Bolivia, with a small museum and thousands of dinosaur footprint fossils in a rock face. James' dreamland...

• Traditional Bolivian Show & Dinner (Sucre, Bolivia)

  Cultural Centre (Espacio Cultural Origenes) that puts on traditional shows with accompanying dinner entertainment. A chance to (maybe) practice our ceilidh skills...

• Puerta Del Diablo Horse Riding (Tupiza, Bolivia)

  A beautiful trip through the astonishing western-movie style rocky dessert landscape on horseback. If requested, we can dress James up as a cowboy...

• Uyuni Salt Flats Tour (Uyuni, Bolivia)

  A chance for us to explore this famous landmark on a 3-day long guided trip through the iconic Salt Flats in a 4x4. Starting in Bolivia and ending in Chile.

• Tickets to Sky Costanera (Santiago, Chile)

  A chance for us to visit the iconic, glass-walled observation deck in a 984ft tall skyscraper with 360º panoramas

• Day Trip to Cajon del Maipo (Santiago, Chile)

  A chance for us to visit the mountainous Cajon del Maipo on a guided tour from Santiago.

• Concha y Toro Winery Tour (Santiago, Chile)

  A chance for Trina to celebrate all the previous days we would have had bird watching... on this day trip to visit Latin America's biggest wine producer

• White Water Rafting on the Trancura River (Pucon, Chile)

  A chance to go white water rafting on the Trancura River in Chile - known as the adventure capital of the country. Lets hope Trina can swim as well as she claims...

• Guided Hike up Villarrica Volcano (Pucon, Chile)

  An opportunity to hike to the crater of the most active volcano in South America. Ice axes and crampons will be needed to reach the 2,847m summit. Hopefully James' hip holds up...

• Day Trip to Osorno Volcano & Petrohué Waterfalls (Puerto Varas, Chile)

  An opportunity for us to visit the iconic Petrohué waterfalls and to take a cable car up the side of a volcano - which is hopefully very dormant...

• Ferry Trip to Patagonia (Chaiten, Chile)

  A 9-hour ferry ride from Puerto Montt to Chaiten - the gateway to Patagonia

• Marble Cave Tour (Puerto Río Tranquilo, Chile)

  A chance to visit the iconic Marble Caves. Can be completed on a boat or by kayak.

• Patagonia National Park Entrance Fees (Patagonia, Chile & Argentina)

  Entrance fees to various Patagonia National Parks - funds wildlife conservation and maintaining the wilderness whilst also allowing us to experience some of the most scenic hikes in South America!

• Best Hike in Patagonia with Accommodation (Puerto Natales, Chile)

  Torres del Paine hike with nights accommodation in rural Patagonia!

• Milodon Caves (Puerto Natales, Chile)

  Entrance fee and transport to the iconic cave system located deep in the Torres del Paine National Park in Patagonia. Will James bang his head? Probably...

• Panama Canal Day Trip (Panama City, Panama)

  A chance to see the iconic Panama Canal; visiting the viewing platform and museum. Slightly bigger than the Grand Union Canal in Hayes...

• Coiba National Park Day Trip (Santa Catalina, Panama)

  A day trip to the stunning archipelago marine national park which includes snorkelling, wildlife spotting and beach visits.

• Panama Coffee Plantation Tour (Boquete, Panama)

  A chance for us to visit a coffee plantation in Panama and experience how coffee is made, from bean to brew! Trina is going to be buzzing...

• Boquete Bees & Butterflies VIP Tour (Boquete, Panama)

  A chance for us to visit a butterfly centre to learn about native species. VIP tour includes honey tasting session.

• Overnight Tour to Corcovado National Park (Drake Bay, Costa Rica)

  The opportunity to visit the most biologically diverse place on Earth (nature dorks) with an overnight stay at the ranger station.

• Whale Watching (Uvita, Costa Rica)

  A 3hr boat tour to search for whales in the Ballena National Marine Park.

• Oro Verde Bird Watching Tour (Uvita, Costa Rica)

  3hr morning bird watching tour at the local Oro Verde reserve (mainly for James the twitcher...)

• Curú National Wildlife Refuge- cabin and entrance fee

  Curú National Wildlife Refugespecies such as White-faced Monkeys, Spider Monkeys, Scarlet Macaws, White-tailed Deer, Collared Peccary, Coati, Raccoons, Coyotes, Iguanas and tropical birds.

• Damas Island Mangrove KayakTour

  Glide through the Damas Island Mangroves by way of kayak through the mangroves to experience this unique ecosystem up close- provides a more intimate opportunity to see wildlife like monkeys, herons,

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