Trip: San Rafael, CA to Tierra Del Fuego, AR on bicycle.
There are [187] stories from my trip: San Rafael, CA to Tierra Del Fuego, AR on bicycle.
COLOMBIA | Wednesday, 24 Apr 2013 | Views [618]
Pay back time!
Our destination after the rest of the descend from the infamous Alto de la Linea was a nice place to stay and recoup. Armenia with the help of the Lonely Planet provided just that. A sweet little hostel away from the center. Very ... Read more >
COLOMBIA | Friday, 19 Apr 2013 | Photo Gallery
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COLOMBIA | Friday, 19 Apr 2013 | Photo Gallery
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COLOMBIA | Friday, 19 Apr 2013 | Views [1890]
The bar of what is "too hard" or maybe even unacceptable is getting raised each time I make it through something I didn't expect or - at least- I thought I can just tuck it away and move on -beyond the experience - and get stronger.... Read more >
COLOMBIA | Friday, 19 Apr 2013 | Views [702]
We reunited with our bikes, made some repairs, figured our way out of town and then I had a conversation with my body:
What, we are doing THAT again?I thought we were done and you went back to riding sanely on the weekends with your pretty little ... Read more >
COLOMBIA | Friday, 19 Apr 2013 | Views [816]
A mixture of excitement - can't wait to leave.
But also the tugging of my heart strings - I wanna stay and be with my loved ones- home. It hurts like it hurts. The idea of building a life, a home is close, fuzzy and warm. The thought of it is more ... Read more >
COLOMBIA | Friday, 19 Apr 2013 | Views [737]
After climbing the last 1053m from Guayabal de Siquima where we -shortly after we left- reconnected with the diesel trucks on the big highway snaking through the high mountains and basically "landing" on Bogota's high valley platform. Pretty damn cool ... Read more >
COLOMBIA | Saturday, 9 Mar 2013 | Photo Gallery
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COLOMBIA | Saturday, 2 Mar 2013 | Views [919]
Medellin- Bogota. Rio Claro (22 of February)
The next day we equipped ourselves with flash lights and started off with another couple and a guide. First we had to cross the fast river holding on to a rope. It had rained all night and the ... Read more >
COLOMBIA | Saturday, 2 Mar 2013 | Views [761]
Medellin- Bogota. Rio Claro (21-22 of February)
Yes, it was fun and wild rafting the river. Really not difficult but very entertaining. When the guide is having a good time - all are having a ball. We stopped at ropes to jump/swing into the clear, ... Read more >
COLOMBIA | Saturday, 2 Mar 2013 | Views [1524]
Medellin- Bogota. Rio Claro(February 20th)
A sunny early start after we had breakfast in the room of our cheap hotel and headed out in expectation of a pretty mellow day with not much climbs as we were heading to the valley for the biggest ... Read more >
COLOMBIA | Saturday, 2 Mar 2013 | Views [807]
(Tuesday 19th of February)
Manuel from Casa Ciclista Medellin (it was actually located in San Antonio de Prado- about 15km south of M. IN the mountains and UP the mountains)told us the climb will be gentle and it was. We left Medellin, ... Read more >
COLOMBIA | Tuesday, 19 Feb 2013 | Views [847]
We spent the rest of Sunday eating and when we crawled out of bed Monday morning we didn't have far to go to the main plaza. Our little "on the edge" hostel was right around the corner. That little fruit stand had already smiled ... Read more >
COLOMBIA | Thursday, 14 Feb 2013 | Views [1316]
It got hot and steep. The road didn't improve, but the traffic appears to be less in the earlier part of the day. We stocked up with some basic foods in Dabeida and headed for the mountains - continuing this crazy climb up to over 2000m. Slow, very slow, ... Read more >
COLOMBIA | Thursday, 14 Feb 2013 | Views [1152]
After sunshine comes rain....well, the road into the mountains of Columbia started to disintegrate - only partially paved we started climbing, crossing big rivers partly on funky bridges, pretty bad roads. The sun behind some dark clouds, the rain getting ... Read more >
COLOMBIA | Thursday, 14 Feb 2013 | Views [974]
Wednesday the 6th of February.
Turbo is a filthy, busy place. We got out of the boat, put our bikes together and left in a hurry. Full of energy, happy to be alive and ready for action. The road has us back, it's paved, it's sunny and we are in ... Read more >
PANAMA | Wednesday, 13 Feb 2013 | Views [2153] | Comments [1]
Darien Gap - getting to Columbia on the Caribbean side.
Our flight left at noon on Sunday the 3rd. We rode our bikes to the national airport in Panama City, after taring ourselves away from Nina and Michael, who send us off after marveling at our ... Read more >
PANAMA | Wednesday, 13 Feb 2013 | Views [1036]
Panama City- here we come!
The connection in Panama City turned out to be an old good friend of mine (just kidding....but it really felt like that!!).
OK, first of all passing over the Panama Canal was a thrill...how can it not be? The brutal ... Read more >
PANAMA | Wednesday, 13 Feb 2013 | Views [1481]
We took a smaller side road in order to get off the busy PanAmerican Highway and away from the trucks and that was a good choice.
James hadn't recovered enough and got sick again the next day. The sun was hot, but we found a really nice cool camp ... Read more >
PANAMA | Wednesday, 13 Feb 2013 | Views [1048]
We spent three nights at Kaspars, a pretty run down place, right by the Pacific at Las Lajas
But the price was right and Kaspar, as it turns out, is not only from Germany, but from Berlin right out of "my neck of the woods" where I ... Read more >
PANAMA | Wednesday, 13 Feb 2013 | Views [816]
Before we reached our goal for the day on January 22rd: Las Lajas
we slammed on our brakes, took a U-turn on the way down the mountains because we sped by a road stand with ripe bananas. We hadn't seen ripe bananas, for, what is it now?.... Read more >
COLOMBIA | Wednesday, 13 Feb 2013 | Photo Gallery
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PANAMA | Friday, 1 Feb 2013 | Views [1821] | Comments [1]
21st of January (Panama): From the Caribbean to the Pacific across the Continental Divide.
We rode close to the bottom of the mountains the night before, coming out of Chiriqui Grande at the Caribbean, heading to the Pacific. Chiriqui was a ... Read more >
COSTA RICA | Friday, 1 Feb 2013 | Views [835]
The border crossing to Panama was uneventful.
I like crossing the bridge to another country. Something feels right about that.
Now, I actually don't know exactly which date it was - probably the 17th when we spend our first night in Panama ... Read more >
COSTA RICA | Friday, 1 Feb 2013 | Views [830]
Heading towards Porto Viejo we didn't have far to go.
Nice to just kind of stroll along. We left the main road to Bribri and kept hugging the coast. This bustling, touristy little town didn't have a whole lot for us, but I did find some damn good ... Read more >
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