On Monday, August 20, we crossed the border from Ecuador into Peru. It was a bit long because we had to wait in a relatively slow-moving line on the Ecuador side, but the process itself was straight-forward. Details are on our Border Crossings page. Our first impression of Peru was far from good, to […]
We left Cartagena on Tuesday, June 19, and started our journey towards Medellín. Since the fastest route is around 12 hours, we stopped along the way in Sincelejo, Caucasia, and Santa Rosa de Osos before reaching our destination on Friday. Medellín is Colombia’s second largest city and a rather beautiful one at that. It is located […]
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, […]
On Tuesday, May 29, we rode for about an hour from Bogotá to the town of Zipaquirá. The town is primarily known for the Catedral de Sal (Salt Cathedral), an underground church built within the tunnels of a salt mine. The town itself is quite nice, but the cathedral was our main reason for visiting Zipaquirá so, that is […]
