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PanamaAt 6 in the morning we woke up to get all our stuff and bikes to the airport. We were way to early so had to wait to check in. But when the check in counter finaly opend we were the first to be there. There was some confusion about the bikes and the total weight that we were alowed. But after half an hour of negotiations we got ourselfa and all our stuff checked in with only 20 euro's forRead more
ColombiaBecause taxi's with a bike are really expensive we decided to ride to a hostel next to the airport. Medellin is beautifully situated in a valley. So if you want to get out you have to climb. and it was a tought climb. With our bikeboxes folded on the back of our bikes and our baggs in total chaos the bike handled like a freight train. But we managed to get to the airport. So now we are boxing theRead more
ColombiaThe last cyclingday of our trip in south America. There was only 80 kmand a big climb between us and our final destination Medellín. We decided to start cycling at 7 to avoid some of the heat and traffic. But it was already hot. The many road construction made that we had to wait a lot of times. Luckely we could bypass some on our bike. The climb was not to steep and steady. But 6 km before theRead more
ColombiaWe planed on doing only 60 km today. But we ended up doing 110. There is only one climb and 80 km between us and Medellin now. So if everything goes acording to plan we will be in Medellin tomorow. But first we need a good nights sleep.
ColombiaOur walk yesterday was a bit longer than expected. we ended up walking 19 km. And since we are not used to walking anymore. Our leggs were complaining. so with super sore legs we started the last part of our trip. And even though the legs hurt and there was a lot of climbing we made our goal easily at 2 pm. So we got a cheap hotel. It's only 190km more to Medellin!
ColombiaAfter 2 days of rest in Armenia it was time to set out again. One of the only highlights in the surroundings is the town of Salento with the Cocora valey. so a short 22 km ride brought us to this small coffee town. here we will spend a day hiking in the valley before we set out for the last four days of cycling to Medellin.
Colombia
To get ahead of the heat we decided to leave town at 6am. Although quite early we were happy that we did it. It was still cool and traffic wasnt to bad. But two hours later it was sweating again and crazy traffic. It took us till 2 to make the 58km to the top of the pass. So we thought we would be in Armenia early.
A couple of hundred meters i got a flat tire. It turned out one of the patchesRead more
Colombia
33 degrees. Thats what it said when we started in the morning. And during the day it ony became warmer. We started to climb bathing in sweat. But the road climbed slowely and steadily. So it wasn't to hard. Soon we made it to the town. And that's were the fun started.
Cars started honking and people cheering. Vamos Nairo! Is the most heared sentence. Refering to the Colombian star professionalRead more
Colombia
The mountains on our left kept getting bigger and bigger. Tomorow we will have to start climbing again. But not today, today is flat.
It was dry in the morning so we decided to set out early to make it to the next town before it became really hot. It's the last day in the semi flat valley. so we enjoy the easy kilometers. We can clearly notice that trafic gets heavier the closer we get toRead more
Colombia
We woke up to a giant thunderstorm. Water came down like crazy and the streets soon turned into rivers. But we are Dutch and used to a bit of rain. So we set out trying to avoid the worst flooded streets. Most of the cars don't really care about cyclist. So quite often we got splashed by the cars.
We rode the whole day in the rain. But actually we preferred the rain over the 36 degrees andRead more
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Hallo bob en Nino
Wij wensenjullie een goede afsluitingvan deze indrukwekkende reis Een voorspoedige thuisreis en wees welkom in Nederland. Tot ziens, opama.
Looks nice.