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February 11, 2010 (continued) So when Humberto dropped me off, he told me there’s a colectivo (collective taxi) that leaves every 10 minutes from the museum to the town…just grab that to get back to my hotel. Well, of course when I am done there is no colectivo. There’s an ambulance there, and since there [...]
February 11, 2010 Well I decided to “splurge” and rent a horse (and guide) to tour San Agustin. There are 4 sites that are up in the backcountry that I hoped would make it worthwhile. Having owned horses most of my life, I explained to my guide, Humberto (who works at the tourist office in [...]
February 10, 2010 It was a nice ride down the mountain (dirt roads) and along the river… With interesting wash-outs to navigate… CHIVA! This cracked me up… Willie’s Juice Mobile…powered by bicycle I got onto some pretty neat back roads. PEAJE Fun Curvies… Yup, that’s my road below.. Well this day I seemed to pass [...]
February 9, 2010 I woke up in the night to the sound of POURING rain. Torrential. Stupendous. It was still pouring when I got up…Oofa. I did not want to stay another night in this dump, cheap as it was… I walked to breakfast clinging to the sides of the buildings trying not to get [...]
February 8, 2010 Because of all the rain, I was concerned about the ride to Tierradentro and beyond…I knew it was many miles of dirt roads, and it haad been raining for days…Cata offered to let me leave my luggage at their house…whahoo! I love a light bike! So I rearranged all my stuff, and [...]
February 6 & 7 So the next day Cata and I met for breakfast…jugo de mora, juevos revueltos con perico, arroz and arepas. $2 each. Popayan is a beautiful colonial town known for its whitewashed buildings. Let’s take a tour… My beautiful tourguide… So back in Colomial timmes, Popayan had two bridges…one for the wealthy [...]
February 5, 2009 Well, as nice as Casablanca hostel is, I got a rotten night’s sleep…I am a light sleeper, and in a dorm room of 10 people…oofa. I missed my 9:00 am appointment at Asturias Motos (if you need a mechanic in Cali, Colombia, definitely stop here: they service ALL brands!) due to a [...]
February 4, 2010 Back out the Valley road back to the Panamericana. Nice pass on the double yellow… PEAJE. The road was hot and flat and pretty straight. I rode through miles and miles of sugar cane fields. Then I see this sign…I understand “tren” (train) but canero? i am puzzled… Until I see this. [...]
February 3, 2010 I had a great time in Manizales with Adolfo. It was fun to walk around together, and nice to get to know him a bit (finally! we’d been so busy we did not have much time to talk until yesterday) Today he wanted to visit a friend in Periera…we decided to ride [...]
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February 2, 2010 Adolfo was leaving the next morning as well. We were both headed south, and frankly I was REALLY unsettled now. I was happy to be riding with him. We met up with a friend of his, Pedro, for breakfast, and let me tell you this is the sweetest guy in the world. [...]