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We head out early. Our hotel this time doesn’t include a breakfast so we are on the road by 7:30. About an hour along the road, in the town of Valledupar, we stop at a large department store and I run in looking for camp stove gas. None to be found. A little further throughContinue reading “Day 20 – Christmas Eve”

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 theContinue reading “Day 19 – heading towards the Caribbean”

Today was an eye opening experience. After breakfast, we hopped into a cab and went to the Simon Bolivar International Bridge, which is the border crossing between Colombia and Venezuela. Lining the streets for about a mile before the border, thousands upon thousands of migrants were making their way into Colombia and beyond. Now forContinue reading “Day 18 – Cucuta & Venezuela”

We prepare to leave Bucaramanga and the GPS sends us along a single lane, mostly paved road that goes steeply up a hillside. Such a grade that would never be allowed in Canada. With each switchback we need to slow to make the corner and the little bike struggles to pull up hill again afterwards.Continue reading “Day 17 – Cucuta”

We have a relaxing day ahead of us in Bucaramanga. As a multi-day stop, unlike Medellin or Bogota, the day isn’t filled with things we should see as tourists. After the hotel breakfast, Chris and I separate. Chris needs to deal with his prepaid phone card again and I have a few things I amContinue reading “Day 16 – Bucaramanga”

We awaken and go have our daily scrambled eggs and fruit, plus some other random thing, breakfast. Our host, Andre, was totally awesome with his service, offering choices of each thing. His small hotel was completely charming. As we packed up to leave, I quickly ran out to the square and droned it for someContinue reading “Day 15 – Bucaramanga”

We woke in Bogota, had breakfast and packed up the bikes. Chris had the receptionists in the lobby help him with his Colombian SIM card as it was messaging him about expiring. We exited the parking garage with about half of Bogota to ride through, in all it’s insanity. Just after we pulled out andContinue reading “Day 14 – Villa De Leyva”

After our routine morning breakfast at the hotel and arranging for some laundry to be done, we hoped on the motorcycles to get the first service done. Hard to believe we are already at 1300 kms. On the way to the bike shop a couple other people wave at Chris, warning him that one ofContinue reading “Day 13 – Bogota”

We awoke quite early in Salento, and packed up to head towards Bogota. Salento was such a quant little town, and in such a lush and beautiful region. The entire coffee region is quite spectacular, and for those Jeep lovers out there, the road is just filled with them, from virtually every auto maker. OurContinue reading “Day 12 – To Bogota”

We left Cali early, and being Sunday, the otherwise crazy and hectic streets were virtually empty. our hotel receptionist, Giovanni came out to see us off and to wish is well. A very nice young guy. On the way out we passes a bunch of motorcycle shops and one of the larger ones was alreadyContinue reading “Day 11 – Parque de Cafe and Salento”