Colombia

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  May 28, 2012

  Part Thirty Six – Leaving Colombia

  It is with a heavy heart that I now bid a fond adios to Colombia. I’ve tarried here far longer than originally planned, but somehow even before arriving suspected that this place would be as beguiling as it has turned out. Oh, there are of course the lovely ladies, and the women folk are also…

• May 21, 2012

  Part Thirty Five – Southern Colombia

  15th May (Medellin – La Pintada (75km) 16th May (La Pintada – Truck Stop) (98km) 17th May (Truck Stop – Zarzal) (111km) 18th May (Zarzal – Cali) (131km) Finally managed to extricate myself from the comforts of Medellin after two weeks of redefining what it is to dance the salsa. Am now back on the…

• May 13, 2012

  Fame At Last!

  http://www.theaustralian.com.au/archive/travel-old/cycling-the-americas-from-alaska/story-fn3025zs-1226353216585 Well well!  Having previously joked about this blog being “the fastest growing bicycling blog on the web” (when in reality only my mum and a couple of people mistakenly looking for vampire slayers were logging in), I might now have to reassess. With the publication of a little article on the trip in some…

• May 10, 2012

  Part Thirty Four – Medellin Salsamatic

  I have received a number of notes expressing concern over the lack of postings in the last couple of weeks so this posting is to put your collective minds at rest. Please be assured that I am still alive and in Colombia having spent some time in Medellin. Far from spending all of his time…

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  April 29, 2012

  Part Thirty Three – Northern Colombia

  20th April (Cartagena – Maria de Baja) (75km) 21st April (Maria de Baja – San Onofre) (43km) 22nd April (San Orofre – Sincelejo) (60km) 23rd April (Sincelejo – Planeta Rica) (118km) 24th April (Planeta Rica – Caucasia) (67km) The road south of Cartagena is the beginning of the ride through South America. Its quite a…

• April 17, 2012

  Part Thirty Two – Cartagena Colombia

  Have now arrived in Colombia by sea from Panama and have decided to spend a week in Cartagena to rest and prepare for the coming road south. This city gets a post in its own right not only because it is a pit stop prior to taking on the rest of South America but it…

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  April 13, 2012

  Part Thirty One – Sailing from Panama to Colombia

  The good ship ‘Fritz The Cat’ (a 15 metre sailing catamaran) provided the transport between the Panamanian port of Portobelo and Cartagena in Colombia. The trip was five days of sailing, the three of which were cruising through the idyllic San Blas Islands. After that it was a case of setting the course at 78…