We left Hippie town “Vilcabamba” on Monday and were planning on crossing the border to Peru that day, the GPS just showed 160 km – no problem. But as it turned out it was all gravel road over the mountains…
From Quito South Through The Andes
After returning from our Jungle Trip we spent one more day in Quito, to do laundry and re-organize our stuff again. Sunday morning we left our German Hostel and rode south to Banos (sorry, can’t figure out how to get…
Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve
Up front we just received the good news from Canada. In the federal election we finally got rid of the Conservative Government of Stephen Harper – it is about time. Canada you did well even without our support. The Harper…
Adios Colombia-Bienvenidos Ecuador
Riding through rolling foothills to Popayan, which is at the southern end of the Valle de Cauca only took a couple of hours and by early afternoon we reached our Hostal close to the main plaza. This town is known…
Life is good
What we have learned so far: Travelling is …. – making yourself understood without words – having no idea what day or date it is – fuelled by curiosity – feeling like a winner at the ATM – getting really…
Into the Colombian Highlands
Finally a getaway from the heat of the Caribbean. With one overnight stay in Aguachica we finally arrived in San Gil, a mid-sized town near Bucaramanga in the department of Santander. It is at 1100m elevation build into the highlands…
Cartagena and Santa Marta
After we visited the SOS projects in Cartagena it was time to do some maintenance on the bikes (they both needed an oil change). Ludwig’s place was ideal for that. He had a drain pan and a little concrete pad…
Visit of SOS Chidren’s Village Projects in Cartagena
A quick separate blog about our tour at the SOS Children’s Village in Cartagena. As many people know they are also on our website as a suggestion to make donations to them. We had arranged for a tour already…
Sailing to Colombia
Well, it definitely has been an epic journey. I will have trouble keeping it short because there is soo much to tell! We all left Panama City early on Wednesday morning and had great fun riding our bikes out of…
Panama City – City of Extremes
After a rather frustrating search for our B&B Hotel at the pacific coast we ended up going to Panama City on Saturday. Arrived at the Panama House Hostel late afternoon and were lucky to find it, because there was no…