Onto the Los Tres Volcanes. This post comes from Salinas de Guaranda, a small village known for its cottage industry chocolate and cheese production. Rolling green hills surround the town…
Mark WatsonJune 2, 2018
Our final days in Colombia. Here's a brief update from us to bring our amazing Colombia leg to a close. We're currently in Ipiales, a scruffy border city just a…
Mark WatsonMay 9, 2018
The Trampolín de Muerte. This leg, our penultimate in Colombia, has taken us from the coffee-laden volcanic hillsides of San Agustín through some of Colombia's least inhabited country to Mocoa…
Mark WatsonMay 8, 2018
Pre-hispanic Tombs and Statues. A cycle tour of Colombia would not be complete without visiting some of Colombia's pre-hispanic archaeological sites. While the goal for this section of the ride…
Mark WatsonMay 4, 2018
Los Llanos & back to the Cordillera. This post comes from the gritty cowboy town of Algeciras. Located at a little over 1000 metres on the very edge of the…
Mark WatsonApril 26, 2018
Los Llanos – Colombia's Wild East. This post comes from the remote river town of La Macarena, where we’ve just spent the last couple of days exploring parts of the…
Mark WatsonApril 13, 2018
Valle del Cocora. To bring this blog completely up to date with our travels to-date, here's a few photographs from the Valle de Cocora, Salento and from our ride back…
Mark WatsonMarch 30, 2018
The Prohibited Pass. Now that we're once more in Bogotá I finally have a chance to catch up on a couple more blog posts, covering the rest of our ride…
Mark WatsonMarch 28, 2018
Towards Los Nevados. This post covers our ride from Suesca and the Bogotá plateau across the Cordillera Oriental to the mountain town of Murillo high on the volcanic slopes of…
Mark WatsonMarch 20, 2018
