Category: Colombia

  • Day 65 – El Centro (Medellin, Colombia)

    Late morning, we took a metro – very clean, modern and convenient, but crowded – to the center of the city and got out at Parque Berrio.  At the exit, we could not resist buying a couple of tasty arequipes – sweet cream-filled pastries – and then continued to Basilica de la Candelaria, across the…

  • Day 64 – El Poblado (Medellin, Colombia)

    Buffet breakfast at the hotel was great: fresh fruits, juices, cold meats, cheeses, eggs, sausages, and good Colombian coffee.  We quickly leafed through the morning newspaper; the first page showed disturbing pictures of rescue operations from the yesterday’s landslide in one of Medellin suburbs that destroyed more than thirty houses.  Many people were feared dead.…

  • Day 63 – Under Water (Medellin, Colombia)

    It was one of those rare, dry and sunny, days of the rainy season.  We left Caucasia late morning, around 10 am.  There was no reason to rush, since Medellin was only few hours ride away, down the Pan-American highway.  As we were heading south, we first noticed several houses half-submerged under water and then…

  • Day 62 – Heading South (Caucasia, Colombia)

    Vadim woke up not felling well, coughing and with a sore throat, but we decided not to change our travel plans and left without hurry around 9 am.  A taxi cab took us to the shady parking lot in Getsemani, and then escorted us back to the hotel.  We put all the luggage on our…

  • Day 61 – More Rain (Cartagena, Colombia)

    We decided to stay one more day in Cartagena.  It was a shame that we have not had enough time to explore the old town due to lengthy customs procedures and rainy weather.  We went to see our motorbikes in the morning and pay for one extra day of parking.  Gintaras fixed the left rear…