Mention Colombia to anyone and more likely than not, they will think of the TV show Narcos, Pablo Escobar, cocaine, drug trafficking, or armed conflict. Well, here’s some news for you: those preconceptions are far-removed from the Colombia of today. Everyone we met who had been to Colombia prior to our visit raved about the […]
We left Sachica after a hearty breakfast on the morning of Wednesday, June 6, and headed north. Our plan was to make our way to Cartagena using highway 45 that ran fairly close to the Venezuelan border and then down to Medellin using a different route. About midway to our next stop in San Gil, […]
We spent our last few days in Bogotá with some low-key exploring of the beautiful city and getting spoilt with Colombian hospitality in the form of another delicious lunch, courtesy of our host’s wonderful relatives. On Monday, June 4, we left the capital and headed towards Sachica, our stop for the next two nights. Sachica is […]
On Friday morning, we left San Ignacio and headed to the Guatemalan border with team Notier’s Frontiers. The crossing was fast and easy for team Riding Around the World as we had made photocopies of all our documents beforehand. I had actually copied the wrong page of Phil’s International driver’s license (oops!), but the border […]
We started our Friday in Oaxaca with a little breakfast at a sidewalk cafe near one of the city’s plazas before setting off to explore this city that numerous people had recommended to us. Oaxaca is a beautiful city with its colourful colonial buildings, and a fairly large one with a population close to 1 […]
Prash and Harneet had decided to visit Teotihuacán on Sunday, and since Phil and I had already been there, we decided to let the kiddies do their thing while we took a day trip to Taxco. It is a colonial city that is nestled in the mountains of Sierra Madre and is a three-hour ride from […]
On the evening of Friday, September 15, we headed to the city center of Salamanca as we had heard there would be some early celebrations for Mexico’s Independence Day going on there. When we arrived, the place was crowded and parking was scarce since some streets were blocked off. Phil decided to stop and ask […]
On Monday, September 11, we decided to visit Guanajuato city since we had been hearing so many positive things about the place. We left at around 11:00 AM and rode for about an hour before we got to the historic town center. We quickly found a decent parking spot, parked the bike, and then hit […]
