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    • Panamericana adventure
      1
      Gün 208

      Killing time

      2 Nisan 2020, Kolombiya ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C

      Although we can't bike on, we are not totally lazy. Colombia has been in lockdown for almost 2 weeks now. This means that we are not allowed to go outside except for grocery shopping. And even this is restricted to only 2 days per week which is based on the last number of your Combian ID. As we obviously don't have a Colombian ID, we show them the number at the bottom of our passports. Here, I have an "8", so I am allowed to buy food on Thursdays and Saturdays, Herbert with his "6" on Tuesdays and Saturdays. The last photo shows the regulation for San Gil.
      This system is actually implemented differently in each city or village. Sometimes, a certain number can go on a different day, sometimes during a specific time slot. In some cities, you can use public transport only at a certain hour depending on your last number. I guess this system has a good intention, but can make things really chaotic and difficult. For example, when people from the village need to come into town to get money from the bank and in their village, they can leave the house on a Tuesday, but in town they are only allowed to enter the bank on a Thursday...
      Meanwhile, we try to kill our time. We finished the puzzle within 3 days, using trial-and-error for the blue sky. We also baked bread. As we don't have a working oven, Herbert is trying to build our own oven-like system. The 3rd trial wasn't actually too bad.
      Furthermore, we do a lot of exercise. The skipping rope saves our stamina and 2 yoga sessions per day make our bodies more flexible again after 6 months on the bikes. And thanks to amazon Colombia, our friends in Switzerland could surprise us with some European beers 😀
      We can't do much, but we also try to help the people here as much as possible. Therefore, we painted a couple of walls in the hostel. We also try to use local delivery services. This is, however, a little more complicated compared to Germany for example, as there is no central website for deliveries or many websites of local restaurants in general. So when we walk through town, we look for papers posted on restaurant doors that refer to a delivery service or search facebook pages for people who advertise in local groups.
      Overall, we really miss cycling. But considering the worldwide situation, I guess we can't complain.      Okumaya devam et

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    • Panamericana adventure
      Gün 249

      The end is near

      13 Mayıs 2020, Kolombiya ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

      We've lost count of our days in lockdown already... It's been almost 2 months now that we can't move on. After 6 months of continuous travelling, we are stuck in a town, even in one house, which is a difficult situation. We are lucky to be healthy, to have friends to video-call with and people who support us here in Colombia with offering us a nice place to stay. However, when they announced another extension of the lockdown until 25th May, we decided to look for flight opportunities back to Europe. It was a hard decision for us, but with still increasing numbers of Covid infections in Colombia as well as in other South American countries, we don't believe (bike) travelling will be easily possible any time soon in this region. So now we are waiting for either moving up on the waiting list for European repatriation flights (German flights already left beginning of April) or for the airport to reopen for commercial international flights. Let's see...

      In general, there's a very regional strategy to confront the pandemic here in Colombia. As San Gil is - luckily - a "Corona-free" town, most of the businesses can open again. They also allow us to do grocery shopping 2x per week again - based on your passport number - and exercise any day between Monday and Friday within the borders of the town (no radius of 1km anymore) for one hour between 5 and 8am. We totally made use of this little freedom and cycled to the regional airport, 10km and 500m of elevation away from our hostal. This is also the border of San Gil as you can see by the blocked road. However, we are really happy to feel the wind again around our heads 😊      Okumaya devam et

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    • Panamericana adventure
      Gün 195

      Getting ready for the lockdown

      20 Mart 2020, Kolombiya ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

      In the Santander, the state we are in right now, there'll be an obligatory general curfew starting tonight. For now, it's only for 78 hours, but who knows? Anyways, we are preparing for staying in our hostel in San Gil for a while. So first we bought some Spanish books and a puzzle to kill time indoors. Furthermore, we used the time for studying more Spanish.
      Today, we went for a final bike ride before we can't go outdoors anymore. We cycled uphill to the tiny airport and followed some dirt roads before heading back to town. Finding our way back to the main road wasn't easy as most turns ended on a private property. But people were always friendly and directed us back on the main track.
      Back home, we had a hot shower as it was relatively cold (18°C). Afterwards, we went grocery shopping, so we have the basics for the next 4 days.      Okumaya devam et

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    • Panamericana adventure
      1
      Gün 233

      A first little step towards freedom

      27 Nisan 2020, Kolombiya ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C

      Unfortunately, we are still in San Gil and still in lockdown, as the Colombian Government extended the curfew until 11 May for now. This means, we'll be staying here for at least 2 more weeks.
      The last 2 weeks, we followed our daily routine of workouts, yoga, reading, eating... We found a German beer in the supermarket, discovered a super cheap absolutely amazing burger place with delivery service and perfected our do-it-yourself mobile and beer stand for our regular movie nights. We also had some video calls with friends which is a really good distraction from our daily life inside a house.
      However, something has changed positively starting from today: the president realized that exercising outdoors is important for one's health. It's generally restricted to morning hours (5-8am) and within 1km radius of your house. So, of course, first thing we did this morning was going out for fast walking around the blocks close to our hostel.
      Once we got back, we found out, that in San Gil, they actually restricted the exercising hours based on the last number of your passport: for example, with my "8", I'm allowed to exercise for one hour on Tuesdays, 7-9am and Fridays, 5-7am. Good the police didn't check us today 😉
      Furthermore, we got 2 new housemates: the hostel owner and his mum moved in as they had to give up their apartment during this time with no income. Andrés, our housemate up til now, on the other hand, moved back to his aunt and uncle to work in their workshop to earn some money. Today, we helped moving the furniture out of the apartment which provided another excuse to get out 😉
      Let's see what is going to come in the next couple of weeks..      Okumaya devam et

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    • Colombia
      112
      Gün 31

      Du tropical humide au tropical sec

      17 Ağustos 2023, Kolombiya ⋅ 🌧 22 °C

      Après un loooong trajet en bus de 11h sans pause où on arrive en avance (miracle !), nous voici dans le Santander, région située au Nord de Bogota, connue pour la pratique d'activités sportives EXTRÊMES. Après avoir posé nos gros sacs à San Gil nous partons donc pour une rando de 2 jours, afin d'admirer petits villages typiques colombiens et surtout le grand canyon du Chicamocha. NB : c'est pour l'instant le seul endroit où on trouve, à notre grande joie, un chemin balisé qu'on peut faire seul et sans guide. On réalise par la suite que ce projet de balisage a été financé par ... Plusieurs institutions françaises et grenobloises !
      Nous partons donc de Barichara, connu comme étant l'un des plus beaux villages de Colombie ( excusez du peu ), mais aussi pour sa spécialité culinaire quelque peu innovante : les hormigas culonas. Ou littéralement, fourmis à gros cul ! Propriétés prétendument aphrodisiaques mais surtout goût assez indescriptible.
      Après une petite rando avec la menace de l'orage sui finit sous la pluie ( ce qui nous permet de ne pas trop suer ) on dort dans une écolodge avec vue magnifique sur le canyon. On a d'ailleurs failli en profiter toute la nuit puisque Mahé nous a soigneusement enfermé sur la terrasse. Le lendemain commence la vraie aventure EXTRÊME : descente à pied dans le canyon par 50°, un peu comme marcher dans un sauna mais en moins agréable quand même. On finit par arriver à Jordan, minuscule Pueblo coincé au fond du fond du canyon. Après une quête de porte à porte pour savoir qui pourrait nous remonter sur le plateau, on termine dans une vieille voiture dont on peine à croire qu'elle arrive à rouler !      Okumaya devam et

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    • Aventura en Columbia
      1
      1
      Gün 16

      Unser letzter Tag in San Gil

      7 Ekim 2019, Kolombiya ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

      Unseren letzten Tag in San Gil gingen wir gemütlich an. Zunächst kauften wir ein Busticket für den Abend und schlenderten anschließend durch einen nahegelegenen Park, in dem es Natur und einige Tierarten zu entdecken gab.
      Das Treiben der Kleinstadt, in der wir uns mittlerweile gut eingelebt hatten, genossen wir ein letztes Mal auf dem zentralen Platz mit einem Kaffee to go und Keksen. Ein Fanfaren-Zug zog unsere Aufmerksamkeit zum Schluss auf sich, dem wir uns auf dem Weg zurück ins Hostel anschlossen. Ein letztes gemeinsames Bier in geselliger Runde beendete unseren dortigen Aufenthalt.
       
      Mit dicken Klamotten ausgestattet, da wir bereits mit Busklimaanlagen Erfahrungen hatten, fanden wir uns am Busterminal ein. Nach 3h Fahrt war unsere Reise auf Grund von technischen Problemen vorerst vorüber. Unsere Mägen dankten uns diese Pause als auch den Fahrerwechsel. Der Ersatzbus war schon ein bisschen in die Jahre gekommen, versprühte seinen eigenen Duft, hatte aber die gleiche Power den Bus in einen Kühlschrank zu verwandeln. ;) Nach 14,5 h haben wir endlich unser nächstes Hostel in Santa Marta erreicht.      Okumaya devam et

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    • GezginCosta Rica, Panamá, Kolumbien
      1
      Gün 80

      Baden im Flüsschen

      26 Nisan 2022, Kolombiya ⋅ 🌧 20 °C

      Eigentlich wollten wir heute mit der längsten Gondel in Kolumbien fahren aber leider war die heute geschlossen. Spontan haben wir uns etwas Neues überlegt und sind zu einem benachbarten Fluss gefahren zum Baden.Okumaya devam et

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    • South America
      21
      Gün 43–48

      San Gil

      3 Mart, Kolombiya ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C

      Name any adventure sport and there's probably some travel agency in San Gil offering it. All of them are reasonably priced too, so we went wild!

      We went paragliding 🪂 and caving and Miel also ticked bungee jumping and class 4 rafting off his bucket list ✅. To let our adrenaline levels drop, we visited "Colombia's prettiest village" and cooled off at some natural pools in between all the adventure.Okumaya devam et

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    • alláVAN
      Gün 836

      Hoyo de los Pájaros

      4 Temmuz 2022, Kolombiya ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

      "Hoyo de los Pájaros", así le llaman a esta caverna, que en su entrada tiene una caída vertical de 120m; y el diámetro, pues no lo medimos, pero ahí está Laura para servir de referencia 😁

      Llegamos al atardecer, como nos habían aconsejado. La idea era la de ver y fotografiar a los "guácharos", una especie de ave nocturna que habita en esta cueva, y que cientos de ellos todas las tardes salen en busca de alimento. Aunque los vimos y fue una tremenda experiencia, no tenemos buenas imágenes porque empezaron a salir ya cuando casi ni se veía nada, además de que estaba lloviznando y por esa razón tampoco pudimos armar un set decente para capturar las imágenes que queríamos. Solo, en un ambiente muy amateur, con los teléfonos improvisamos estos segundos de video para que nos quede algo de recuerdo.

      Aquí mismo pasamos la noche y por la mañana sí tuvimos buen clima, que hasta volamos el drone para tener mejores fotos y videos, pero claro está que los guácharos a esa hora no iban a salir. De todas maneras, y para nuestra sorpresa, aún se oían allá abajo. Su sonido es bien particular y es lo único que nos permite comprobar que son muchísimos, pero solo unos pocos alcanzamos a ver; eso fue todo lo que la lluvia y la oscuridad nos permitió.      Okumaya devam et

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    • Ida and Simons travels
      Gün 25

      Rafting, Tejo og Vandfald

      28 Eylül 2022, Kolombiya ⋅ 🌧 22 °C

      Igår startede vi dagen ud med at tage ud og river rafte (vi har desværre ingen billeder, så i må bare forestille jer det). De har to floder her, som er dem man primært rafter på - Suarez-floden (hvor man kan rafte en klasse 5, som er det højeste man overhovedet må rafte) og Fonce-floden, som er mere rolig. Simon havde aldrig prøvet at rafte før, så vi valgte at gå med den lidt mere rolige flod. Det var virkelig sjovt, og Simon er blevet fan og er klar på at gøre det igen et andet sted, hvis vi har muligheden. Da vi var færdige med at rafte spise vi frokost og slappede af om eftermiddagen, for om aftenen havde vores hostel en tejo-aften. Tejo er et colombiansk spil, hvor man kaster sten på poser af krudt, og så er målet af få dem til at eksplodere eller i det mindste komme så tæt på som muligt. Vi var hold af fire og vi var sammen med en fyr fra Holland og en pige fra Spanien. Vi formåede sammen at tabe alle spil vi var med i, så det er da også noget.
      Idag tog vi bussen ca. en halv time ud af byen til et område med et 180-meter højt vandfald. Der var en sti vi skulle følge for at komme ned til vandfaldet, som startede meget stille og roligt, men endte med at vi skulle kravle på klipper mens vi kun havde et reb at holde fast i. Vi kom heldigvis frem uden skader, og kom helt tæt på vandfaldet, hvor vi kunne svømme nede foran bunden af vandfaldet. Der var kun et andet par der, og da de gik, havde vi hele stedet for os selv. Det var ret fantastisk og vi slappede af der et stykke tid, inden vi måtte kravle ned af klipperne for at komme tilbage. De havde en restaurant ved indgangen, så vi spiste frokost der og tog bussen tilbage. Resten af aftenen slapper vi bare af og pakker, for imorgen skal vi videre igen til den næste by.      Okumaya devam et

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