The Wife takes on Chlamydia. A South American Retrospective

Towards the border to Ecuador: A funny encounter



On the last trip in 2001 I headed more north-eastwards towards Yurimaguas in order to board the first of 3 boats to float down the mighty Amazon from Iquitos to Belen at the Atlantic Ocean. This wasn’t on the cards this time as I had my heart set on visiting Colombia, that I had only briefly touched last time.


The Amazon story is at http://www.thebrightstuff.com/ch25.htm including a picture gallery.

2001 Hammock dwelling on the boats

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The ride from Kuelap to the border with Ecuador at La Balza via Jaen was fun: lovely windy road and very few gringos in sight. The funniest thing was encountering security guards on the road: Brown uniforms with big “Seguridad” written in yellow on the front and back of their uniforms. At the first post (sandbag emplacements, machine guns, shot guns etc) I didn’t see the guy trying to flag me down. 10km later another guard wants me to do a wheelie. 10km later at the third checkpost I stop.

The actors are matey A, matey B and me. A emerges from the sandbag protected hut to my left, without a gun. B to my right stands with a pump action shotgun at rest. I turn the motor off, shake their hands and exchange pleasantries but keep my helmet on. A starts to explain how he is hungry and has no money. I don’t understand. He continues trying his hardest to explain his plight and that I should donate some money to his lunch fund. Still no entiendo nada. He explains he is security, showing me the writing on his shirt. Sorry mate, I’m just a dumb as fcuk gringo who is totally naïve and knows nothing about anything. I really just don’t understand, sorry. He gets his wallet out and proceeds to demonstrate the lack of anything in it.

By now I’m losing the will to live (and trying not to laugh out loud), so with a cheerful “Hasta luego” and in one smooth movement I turn on the ignition, kick the bike into gear, twist the throttle and let the clutch out.
I’m looking very carefully in my mirrors as I ride away, especially to see if B should raise his shotgun in my direction. What I see is A slam his wallet onto the road in mock disgust while B is in hysterics. The encounter made my day!


The pictures are a bit patchy for this stretch. I was hungry and had miles to do.


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Not only were they putting a gondola system up to Kuelap, but the comms infrastructure was receiving a major boost.



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My Open Street Map mapping software on the Garmin 60csx was playing silly buggers, so I had to look at my paper map and follow road signs. Quelle horreur!



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Hope her rug doesn't tear, otherwise there would be a long roll down the hill




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Drying crops on the road



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Not blessed with the best chances in life



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Intrigued locals en route
 
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Top 3 bikes: Toby Price, Australia (KTM) - Stefan Svitko, Slovakia (KTM) - Pablo Quintanilla, Chile (Husqvarna = rebadged KTM)



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A happy Aussie!

I'm now into quoting myself....

As we know the 2018 Dakar finished a couple of days ago. My Dakar pictures are from 2016 when I watched the second half of the race live in Bolivia and Argentina. While browsing YouTube recently I came across this video about Toby Price who won in '16 and came third this year. Well worth 38 minutes of your life. He seems to be a solid and sound guy.

 
Here's a map of my route through Ecuador. It's a bit straight on-ish but I was in a hurry to reach Colombia and Ecuador has probably had the most "development" of all South American countries in the past 15 years, so was least interesting for me. Also the bag of sh!t now 4 or 5 month old Progressive shock required yet more attention, which combined with their even more useless customer "service" :barf meant I was focused on workshops rather than local people, roads and landscapes.


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Southern Ecuador

The border crossing was pretty painless, especially the formalities leaving Peru. A bridge across the river helped. in 2001 I was told there wasn't one. Just a canoe. Entering Ecuador was a bit long winded, particularly because the Ecuadorian customs chappie had to dictate my vehicle details over the cell phone to the next (main) border crossing along. And the cell phone signal was tending towards utter useless. That was when they actually answered the phone. But I had time and not far to ride.



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Nice dirt road towards Vilcabamba. Wouldn't have been fun in the wet. Some of the inclines very steep. There are advantages of travelling in the dry season...



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The obligatory selfie heading from the Peru/Ecuador border towards Vilcabamba



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An interesting way to keep a shop mannequin vertical...



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My favourite restaurant in 2001, but now in 2016, outside my budget. Vilcabamba is now tourism central and the currency of the country is the US$. In 2001 I spent a month here recovering from my accident and infected burn on my leg from a r100gs exhaust header pipe. I was operated on in Loja, just up the road.

Memories from 2001: Poking a snake with a stick. Was it really such a good idea?

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2001: super views

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Vilcabamba central square fountain in 2016

And in 2001, ditto, but it must have been rebuilt in the intervening years

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2016 Great views between Vilcabamba and Cuenca. But a good idea to stop to take pictures...

2001: Because if you don't you fall on your ar$e... And it hurts like hell!

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Old, new and hippy



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Dapper shorts



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Tradition clothes still worn as a matter of course



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Counting the takings from a hard day's work. No glasses needed



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Above: Cuenca cathedral in 2016

Below: Cuenca Cathedral in 2001

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The German Honorary Consul's offices in Cuenca



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The Consul has a good taste in what he sells...



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I liked the lighting for this picture. Aparently Benigno Malo was an Ecuadorian lawyer who died in Cuenca in 1870



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Sleepy downtown central park Cuenca. Including free wifi. Welcome to the 21st Century



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What must these 3 senior gentlemen have seen across their lives?
 
North Ecuador: Banos, Quito, Otalvalo and the Equator

My memory Ecuador was of fooling around trying to get my nearly new Progressive shock fixed yet again. Hence my mood wasn't as good as it could be = less picture taking. I had help from a bike shop owner in Cuenca who lent me the shock off his KLR so I could ride to Quito for Diego Salvador at Race Tech Ecuador to try his best. Catching up with old friend Ricardo Rocco was a highlight.

I had intended on visiting the Galapagos Islands, but budgetary constraints put paid to that. While waiting for shock parts I visited the pleasant town of Banos, but another trip into the Amazon didn't float my budget either. Looking back at some of my 2001 pictures, below, I should have done...



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Chlym and church



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Pretty scenery



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Church of the Virgin of the Holy Water, and souvenir stalls, Banos



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Same as above



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Great views around Banos. Shame my left knee was so totally damaged I wasn't walking anywhere far, especially not over undulating terrain


2001 Banos baker kneading dough

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An equator line, although not the main place where I went last time. There was a sign about paying an entry fee and a hut with a man off to the side. But said matie didn't want to come to collect any fee, so I didn't bother to walk over to him to swap dinero for a ticket



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Rubbish selfie



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Otavalo market in 2016, waiting for the gringo tour buses


Otavalo in 2001: Locals only far and wide

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Sorry about this picture...

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2001 cute kid

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2001 Piggy went to market

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2001 soldiers

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2001 ringing the bells to attract customers

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2001 Zen Buddhism?

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2001 Python in an Amazonian tree trunk

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2001 Scorpion reading Bob Geldof's autobiography

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2001 Amazonian alphabet

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2001 Amazonian shamen with interesting backdrop...

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Loving the updates Chris.
What an adventure.....

:thumb
 
Colombia route map

Here's couple of maps of my route through Colombia. Even the main Panamerica is well worth the ride


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Nice R/R Chris,
Liked the R/R Mongolia one aswell,which I read on Adv,then realised your the same person...!!!
Cheer,s Mike.
 
Nice R/R Chris,
Liked the R/R Mongolia one aswell,which I read on Adv,then realised your the same person...!!!
Cheer,s Mike.


Happy that you like this and the Mongolian RR. Have you read the Siberian one in the link in my signature?

Best wishes!
 
Colombia, From border with Ecuador to Cali, shock and campesino problems around my 50th birthday


I think I mentioned previously that during my 2001 South American trip on the Wife I only briefly touched down in Cartagena and Santa Marta on the Caribbean coast while my bike was in transit from Panama to the Guayaquil dockyard in Ecuador. Hence I didn't really visit Colombia at all. Then there were alleged problems involving FARC and ELN "rebels", supported by the indigenous farmers, in Spanish "campesinos". In mid 2016 things were safer, but the inbred and alcohol fueled campesinos are still alive, well and causing havoc. I had the displeasure of meeting some.

I also crossed the Ecuador/Colombia border twice as my useless "Progressive: The only thing more inept than the product is their customer service" shock needed another rebuild in Quito at Diego Salvador's of Racetech Ecuador.

In June 2016 I had my 50th birthday. It didn't end up as planned after the Cali "friends" of a biking acquaintance were unable to let me stay at their gaff: I had previously been invited and they knew of my big 5-O. The reason: If I was going to drink a beer on a working week (on a Thursday night, on my 50th birthday and I had no job!!), then I couldn't stay. Can't say I was bothered about not meeting them. I did however get to meet the bloke in the shop below their apartment: A pleasant and helpful chap who had lived for 10 years in Bath, England prior to being deported as an illegal immigrant. He allowed me to use his phone to call the grumpys as they struggled to answer my WhatsApp messages. Probably too busy working...

This is what I wrote on my Facebook page on my 50th birthday in response to messages received. I couldn't write better myself today...

MANY THANKS FOR THE BIRTHDAY WISHES! What a way to spend the day before and morning of my 50th birthday! Apologies for not being able to reply to the many and heartfelt wishes from you all. Just spent the last 24 hours: noon yesterday to noon today, negotiating burning tyres, chopped down trees and railings across the highway, so much broken glass and obnoxious, drunk, neanderthal indigenous "striking" peasants' road blocks between Popayan and Cali. Only one puncture (d!ckhead with knife slashed it) and a big stick to my head (crash helmets do have their uses!). He and his mate: Both will get what's coming to them, I'm sure! The next flood/landslide/outbreak of dysentery has their names on it. Found a hotel last night full of truckers who have been stuck there for 11 days. Managed to pass all the blockades with some luck and a lot of bullsh!t. They were so stupid they believed my fake sob stories :) I'm most definitely not suffering from Stockholm Syndrome... Strongly believe it's now beer o'clock!



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At the border into Colombia. DIAN is "Dirección de Impuestos y Aduanas Nacionales" = Colombian Customs. The Customs man explained what to do (I said I had done it one already a few days previously...) and I was sent to take an imprint of the Chlym's chassis number on the headstock using his plastic tape. A highly responsible job only entrusted to responsible, mature individuals! Appearances can be so deceptive :green gri

First I rubbed the area with duplicating paper ink and the stuck the tape on it. This was then transferred (very carefully) onto a random piece of paper (I mean "official customs document") that was soon to disappear onto a huge pile of similarly pointless reasons for the depletion of the Amazonian rain forest. So, you could say I'm in the Customs Cartel :augie



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Taking the mick. Guilty as charged. As I was taking so long taking daft selfies, the customs ossifer came out to see what was taking so long...



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Very little traffic. I wasn't sure why. I was to work it out later on.



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The road got twisty and very scenic.



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More scenic scenery on the Panamericana.



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I took this picture from outside the panaderia where I had just bought breakfast having stayed the night in Pasto. I got fuel from the only station that was still open (rationed to 20 litres per vehicle: not a problem for a bike). The transporters weren't getting through because of the blockaded roads north of here. I attempted to head eastwards into the jungle.

I didn't make far: The shocker cacked out after about 100 km and I was forced to return to Pasto with the bike in the back in a truck. The guys who picked me up were really cool dudes. 6 of us lifted the bike 5 feet up onto the loading bay. And they wanted no money from me for the ride...



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Previously, I (briefly) considered changing my surname to Broaster and flogging fried chickens, but somebody else had already had the same idea! :bow



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Colombia is very green...



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My shocker wasn't up to easy gravel road :mad:



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Plenty of time to take pictures.



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Now back on the main highway after re-visiting Diego in Ecuador. Getting my puncture fixed after Dicky McDickface knifed it. Penknife guy's face genuinely looked like a scrotum!



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I had passed Popayan and had my "incident" with the effin' peasants and had also just negotiated a rainstorm. My mood wasn't good. I was my 50th tomorrow. This is in front of the hotel mentioned in the Facebook post above. Full of truckers (at least their vehicles/ produce weren't burnt or vandalised) next to an empty gas station. They hadn't had any petrol or diesel for over a week.



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Not interested in any intellectual chit chat...



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Fuel was available from this street-side seller. At 3 x the official price. But he did have a captive audience. Literally: the road was blocked behind me by my knife wielding mates and all sorts carnage to come ahead.



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The glittering clear, green and brown stuff in the foreground is glass. The yellow things are roadside railing. First thing in the morning there were very few camp-p!ssed-up-inos as they were sleeping off their brave hangovers.



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Bikes were getting through and with help from some normal Colombians I got my bike through with only taking the windscreen off. Every few miles I stopped and did a full tyre inspection and used the screwdriver on my Leatherman to dig out bits of embedded glass.



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This truck wasn't so lucky as the guys in my hotel last night. The road may be blocked, but the (American) sidewalk/ (English) pavement isn't.

This was the end of the troubles for me and the start of the real Colombia: That is friendly people, super views and great riding.



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Lots of bikes and non-moving south bound buses.



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On my 50th birthday saying hello at the famous Asturias bike shop in Cali. Time to find a hotel (with AC... Things had well and truly warmed up) and buy a beer (or 5). Watching Copa America footy (English)/soccer (American) on the TV, sitting on plastic garden furniture outside an off-licences English) a.k.a liquor store (American). Eating a take away pizza from next door. Chatting to locals when not reading my guide book, trying to plan my Colombian adventure.
 
Armenia and the Coffee Triangle. One of the reasons I came to Colombia

Apologies for the lack of Wife/ BMW R100gs pictures and comparisons with 2001. As mentioned, in 2001 I only briefly touched down by air on the north coast of Colombia while the bike took the slow boat from Panama to Ecuador. So from now on it's pretty much only 2016 pictures and impressions of a scabby Gen 1 KLR called Chlamydia :D

Having left Cali my blood pressure was allowed to return back towards normal. I was starting to like Colombia. Still loco drivers, but they're like this all over South America and during many years of travel I have more than adapted. If you can't beat them, join them! Possibly I've taught some a few new tricks?

Armenia is in the coffee growing region of the country. I don't drink coffee, but still. Super scenery, really good riding and pleasant people. And Colombians are motorcycle mad! And chilled. My experiences with the indigenous peasants soon became distant memories and didn't cloud the enjoyment of the country.

Outside of the towns in Colombia there is still a big army presence, especially at bridges. However I was never stopped or hassled by anyone in uniform.


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Andres, whom I met via the HU Communities hosted me in Armenia. A thoroughly sound bloke. He rides and old Africa Twin and and a new 701 Husabang. His family owns coffee plantations and a wood export business.



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The guys who hung out outside my room door.



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The bike was always safe...



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Salento is a quaint town in the Coffee region near Armenia. As we know, Colombia is notorious for one of its export crops. There is also an internal market that people aren't happy about.



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But the women and girls still like to dress up to a demonstration and to dance



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The scenery is wonderful



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Meeting the locals



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The fertile earth allows many plants and flowers to grow



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Including the bird of paradise



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Great hiking and biking country



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Salento is rather pretty. And busy.



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Nobody batted an eyelid at Chlam's presence



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One horse power vehicles are also very popular



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Colombian gaucho. People are also proud and litter is cleared up



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Interesting atire



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Had I had space in my luggage, I would have bought a souvenir



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The world over: Fat blokes in lycra :p



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Stopping for breakfast en route north out of Armenia at the Bambi Pan bakery. Parked among the fruit and veg stalls in the street.
 
Medellin: The f**king Dad of the Warriors!

In Medellin I received a great welcome from the guys at Team Colombia ADV™ (search for them on Facebook). They picked me up from my hostal and we stopped at an excellent biker's restaurant. This is what Andres, Oscar - the head honcho - 's son (in the picture on the left) wrote about me :D

Our dear new friend Chris (motorcycle rider round the World), the f***ing dad of the warriors, my f***ing idol! I wish you good travels and the best ADVentures in your roads, you are UNSTOPPABLE, my respect! (the f-word is obfuscated in order to get through office firewalls and the like. :clap).

I'm not into hyperbole, but I'll make an exception in this case and say I'm honoured! I would love to have ridden more with them.


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Enjoyed dinner



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The steeds



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Views en route from Armenia to Medellin



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Road temporarily closed for construction. After spending 3/4 hour admiring the lady in orange, I gave up and set off down the closed road. I don't think anyone had programmed the temporary lights correctly as I passed several stretches of single carriageway with stationary traffic stopped on the other side. I took it easy and only had to pull over twice for a few seconds to give other vehicles their rightful right of way.



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Medellin was in the news for bad things in the recent past, but today it's well worth a visit, for its architecture, culture and people



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Alpujarra



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Parque de las Luces. One of the many example of rejuvenating downtown Medellin



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A healthy snack is never far away



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Politeness is always a good idea :cool:



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Downtown Medellin is a bit gritty. A good vibe, but always prudent to have your wits about you



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A Fernando Botero statue



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Another...



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An empanada for lunch is never a bad idea



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For white: Move castle A7 to C7. For black pawn H4 to H3



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Memorial



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Some nice motors around town



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Where Pablo Escobar was killed. One of many biographies is at https://www.biography.com/people/pablo-escobar-9542497


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His gravestone



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A view from the cemetery
 
This RR is slowly, very slowly running its course. I have to say it's becoming more and more of a bind, but I do want to get it to the end. The riding season here in Blighty is starting sooner than later (assuming the snow actually does stop before May!). And I'm able to partake after my little "gravity confirming" stunt last year. As you can see from the Colombian map, my route went up to the Caribbean coast at Santa Marta and then back to Bogota for the flight home to the UK. However, I'll present Bogota and a couple of other pleasant places in between before finishing at close(ish) to the most northerly part of South America.

Here are a couple of images showing my ecstatic-ness at being back on the bike in February and March this year and the latest kit from the (top secret) 2019 Touratech catalogue....


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Selfie, Fleetmoss, near Hawes, in the Yorkshire Dales, February 2018. The first ride in many months on my DRZ (including carburetor leaking petrol all over the road!). "The Fcukin' Daddy of the Warriors!" :)



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With my mate Dazzer near Ribbleshead Viaduct, Yorkshire Dales, March 2018. A marginally rather modified XRV750RR and a new CRF250 Rally



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Don Quixote, Bogota July 2016. Modelling the new TT bespoke luggage system....
 
Bogota

The more I think about this RR, the more annoyed I get. I need to get it finished and I lack the motivation. So, fast and dirty, here are some Bogota pictures. Then in the next few days I'll hopefully be able to share Vila de Leyva, Barichara and finally Santa Marta...

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Overview map



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Man on bike on highway



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Nice tash and poncho



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Downtown Bogota, street entertainer



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Heading for a draw?



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Main square



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Simon Bolivar



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Why the Spanish Conquistadors came to South America... And for Bolivian silver...



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Street graffiti 1



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Street graffiti 2



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Street graffiti 3



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Street graffiti 4



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Street graffiti 5



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Colonial architecture



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Quite accessible via cable car



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The view from the top



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At the top



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Worth a visit



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And the previously mentioned, new TT 2019 luggage system. As they're now under new ownership, it's time to get back to basics....
 
Vila de Leyva, Colombia. At the market and around town

As promised/ threatened, here are more pictures with captions. This time from Vila de Leyva, a short hop north of Bogota. No bike pictures on this biking website. Muy tres bad, disculpe! Just daily life in Colombia, people, markets, a horse taking a dump in a wedding photoshoot and a dinosaur! Pictures in no particular order, just the order I took them...


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They said "Set up a stall on the way to the market, and the people will come..." On the way up to the market



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It's Friday, so it must be fish



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Waiting for the hoards



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Presentation is important. Or not



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Too early for a smile



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Busier now. It's nearer to lunchtime



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The lunch stall: Not necessary a place for vegetarians or vegans...



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Smells great



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I'll have a dozen apples and 4 avocados, Senora!



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Vege seller: Still dressed from last night's pumping the tunes in the nightclub. It's important to be cool



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My favourite picture from this set



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Stray dogs



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Happy to be at the market



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Follow the cairns for the right direction



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Catching up with the font of wisdom



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It's overcast, so the hat stall is a bit quiet



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Cool dudes on bikes get the ladies...



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Central square. It was great sitting out here in the evenings with beer from the bottle shop, watching the world go by



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^^^ Wot he sed



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Happy for the moment. You're now under her thumb!



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Hiding in plain view. While the photographer takes wedding pictures, the chauffeur catches horse poo in a bucket!



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Ice-cream treat



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Dinosaur up the road. While waiting for a bus to get back to town, some locals asked if I wanted a lift... Si, muchas gracias!
 
Barichara. Chilled pictures from a chilled town

Once more no bike pictures on this biking forum... What is the world coming too? Chlym stayed back at the posada while I took multiple wanders around this pretty little town.

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One of the tiendas on the main square. Everything a man needs. And tables and chairs inside to provide a shaded ambiance to consume them



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The chicas ride motorcycles too.



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What year did that Merc roll off the production line in Stuttgart?



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Comings and goings on foot, 2, 3 and 4 wheels



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Central park



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Puss sizing up supper. So near, but so far. Especially if you can't fly...



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Little girl in church. On her Facebook on the phone?



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Said church



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Church steps and park



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Down the road to the church



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Shade offered by the trees



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Another church a few blocks from the main square



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A pleasant place to (finally) rest



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The views over the cemetery wall



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View from the posada balcony
 
Santa Marta, north coast of Colombia. The final chapter of this ride report

I sincerely hope you've enjoyed dipping into this story of mine. If you want to travel further afield, stop talking about it and start doing! Also, stop spending a lot of money on random bling out of some random catalog. The less you spend on sh!te you don't need, the more you can spend on gas and beer!



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Santa Marta. Did it! One (partially?) clapped out ugly bloke. One (definitely) clapped out ugly motorcycle. 20.000 miles = 30.000 km. Pretty extreme oil consumption (the bike). Extremely loud silencer (the bike... and the man??). A happy chappy. Beats working for a living. Time for a mojito and beer chaser...



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3 different styles of aqua-line transport



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Fisherman prepping and selling his produce on the beach



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Nearly everything sold



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Prepping the catch for the family lunch



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Catching up with a friend



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One night in 2001 there was a power cut between midnight and 4am. During this time all the boats left and returned to the harbour. As we know, Colombia is the main export location for el Beechams powder, the raw materials having been grown and manufactured further south, from where it head to the markets further north and north east


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Catching up con amigos. Who genuinely needs Facebook status updates....



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Give it a few more years of peace and this entire hillside will be full of houses



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When you have to cope with daytime temperatures and humidity, you can understand why people come out to meet and chat after dark



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Quick, take a photo of my new plastic fantastics



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You can checkout, but you can never leave. The ceiling fan is just above the sign... So hot and humid on the Caribbean coast



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Kids taking a swim as the sun sets



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2016: Radamel Falcao, Colombian footballer, once of Manchester United, looking good on street graffitti


2001: Colombian footballer, Carlos Valderamma showing me how to do hair...

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I think it's utterly deplorable to use bare women's bottoms to sell vinyl records (and motorcycles). Disgusting! Just been to the local court to get a legal stamp on the bill of sale/ poder. With the Chlym's new owner....



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You don't need viagra, you need to go to the Willy Gym!!


In 2001 I shipped the Wife in a container with an American SWB Toyota Landcruiser (driven by a German) and a German Yamaha XT600 (driven by a German... there's a common theme there somewhere...) from Colon in Panama to Guayaquil in Ecuador. In between I flew via Cartagena and Santa Marta to Ecuador. Story at http://www.thebrightstuff.com/ch15.htm

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2001. What do they sell here, I wonder?

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2001 fish seller, in town

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A 2001 British Airways poster promoting flights to the UK. Should be in court for trade descriptions/ misselling. The sun never shines in England, or ok once a year maybe, last Thursday, if fact.

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OK in 2001. Scuba diving off the Colombian coast

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OK in 2016 Did it... Talk less and do more!
 


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