The Road to Cali
February 4, 2010 Back out the Valley road back to the Panamericana. Nice pass on the double yellow… PEAJE. The road was hot and flat and pretty straight. I rode…
Read MoreThe Most Magical Place on Earth: Valle de Corcora
February 3, 2010 I had a great time in Manizales with Adolfo. It was fun to walk around together, and nice to get to know him a bit (finally! we’d…
Read MoreManizales, Colombia
February 2, 2010 Adolfo was leaving the next morning as well. We were both headed south, and frankly I was REALLY unsettled now. I was happy to be riding with…
Read MoreMy Quick Tour of Medellin
January 31, 2010 We walked to the train station Which is the public transport system. For $1 we rode all the way to where the the MetroCable connect and took…
Read MoreFirst days in Colombia
January 29, 2010 I admit I had a rough start to traveling in Colombia. I thoroughly enjoyed Central America, and had had the thought just before crossing over “why not…
Read MoreThe easy way to cross the Gap
Everything said and done, I have to admit while I found the whole Panama City experience very stressful, I had it SUPER easy. What a lucky turn of fate that…
Read MoreThe day my bike flew to Colombia…
[UPDATE: MOM corrected me: my bike and I flew to Colombia…I corrected the heading. Thanks MOM!] January 28, 2010 Well today is an exciting day…my bike flies to Colombia! But…
Read MoreNew Chain and Sprockets in Pamana
January 27, 2010 I follow Adolfo out of the Miraflores Locks (good-bye Panama Canal!) As we are leaving he tells me that before he retired he built one of the…
Read MoreMy five minute visit to the Panama Canal
January 27, 2010 For as long as I can remember I have been fascinated with the Panama Canal. It is one of the modern world’s true feats of engineering, and…
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