We left Cucuta early, trying to avoid the craziness of the streets. We have very little information on the road to Ocana and aren’t sure if it will be paved or not. In addition, we have been told to stay on the road and go to town directly, as it is apparently one of the dangerous spots with paramilitary presence. It turns out to be yet another fantastic road, for the most part well paved, and with all the twists and turns a motorcycle rider craves.
The road signs today also added to the amusement. For some reason, Aardvark crossing signs never seem to get old, even when you see 40 of them in a day. We also saw monkey crossing signs, fox crossing signs, and there must be a giant Colombian rat, because it looks huge on the waring sign. I never did get to see any Aardvarks, foxes or monkeys, but I just about ran over a.suicidal iguana. Of course this happens nowhere near the iguana crossing signs.
We arrive in Ocana and it is only noon. The road was much faster than we thought, so instead of stopping, we decide to get ahead of ourselves a bit and continue on for another 200km, eventually arriving in Bosconia, a very typical Colombian small town. We find a hotel, and the room works out to $30 a night. The hotel is a little interesting. It looks new in areas, very old in others and under construction in even more areas. My guess is that it is slowly building itself up but has actually been in operation for years.
We head down the main road about 2 blocks and find ourselves a Colombian eatery. We both have grilled Chicken breast with our daily helping of fries. Dinner cost $14 total, and was quite decent.
Overall a relatively uneventful day. Great riding and beautiful scenery, but with all the wonderful stuff we have seen over the past couple of weeks, today was anticlimactic in comparison.
Colombia Motorcycle Ride 