the bike arrived a few hours late and then after we went thru all the customs, importatation process the whole day was shot but we decided to get out of the city anyway and headed toward medellin. the guy i am riding with has a contact there.got about an hour out and stayed in La Vega, a small vacation area town. nice place.
rode the next day to medellin. beautiful high mountain country and extremely friendly people. not at all like the picture i had in my mind of colombia. riding the high mountains has been an absolute highlight of the trip. there were times way above the clouds and it as awestriking.
picture the media paints is hard to get rid of but it is not at all my experience. really really like colombia!
riding high above the clouds sometimes
farc is still alive but extremely subdued due to the current presidents tough clean up process. there were a few times we would come accross soldiers on the road about every 100 yards. thats when you know you're in a farc zone, but they are not kidnapping now and i havent felt unsafe at all. exact opposite and much more relax than central america once out of bogota.
typical built into the mountain home. right behind this guys place below (literally) is an easy 1000 ft drop
