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Fri, 3 May 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [1288]
We spend all Saturday in this cute little white housed town. The hostel is run by a family in a colonial house near the main Plaza. We basically stayed in their house in their room and cooked in their kitchen. Did laundry and got some stuff done while ... Read more >
Sun, 28 Apr 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [989]
Antonio had the idea to weigh our bikes on one of those truck weigh stations on the PanA. Highway. Here is the result: together James and I including bikes weigh 250kg. James rode off the scale and left was 125kg. (me and my bike). Amazing how J. and ... Read more >
Sun, 28 Apr 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [670]
Yes, indeed - we rode from CALIfornia to CALI, Colombia.
Our most generous host family in Tulua drove us out of town (meaning they showed us the way with the truck) send us on a flat aimed highway to Cali.
The day before was spend in our ... Read more >
Wed, 24 Apr 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [1064]
The next day cycling was beautiful, sunny...lots of gentle climbing. We decided to take a smaller, longer side road with a promise of less traffic. Climbed amongst the coffee plants after riding the flats for a while for warm up. We climbed another 1200m, ... Read more >
Wed, 24 Apr 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [668]
Pay back time!
Our destination after the rest of the descend from the infamous Alto de la Linea was a nice place to stay and recoup. Armenia with the help of the Lonely Planet provided just that. A sweet little hostel away from the center. Very ... Read more >
Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By margitpirsch | Photo Gallery
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By margitpirsch | Photo Gallery
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [1960]
The bar of what is "too hard" or maybe even unacceptable is getting raised each time I make it through something I didn't expect or - at least- I thought I can just tuck it away and move on -beyond the experience - and get stronger.... Read more >
Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [770]
We reunited with our bikes, made some repairs, figured our way out of town and then I had a conversation with my body:
What, we are doing THAT again?I thought we were done and you went back to riding sanely on the weekends with your pretty little ... Read more >
Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [886]
A mixture of excitement - can't wait to leave.
But also the tugging of my heart strings - I wanna stay and be with my loved ones- home. It hurts like it hurts. The idea of building a life, a home is close, fuzzy and warm. The thought of it is more ... Read more >
Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [781]
After climbing the last 1053m from Guayabal de Siquima where we -shortly after we left- reconnected with the diesel trucks on the big highway snaking through the high mountains and basically "landing" on Bogota's high valley platform. Pretty damn cool ... Read more >
Thu, 18 Apr 2013 | By zozo | Views [495] | Scholarship Entry
To the inhabitants of the Sera Nevada along the coastal mountain range of Columbia, money has no value, nor do cars, companies or material objects. To the Sera Nevada people, value is instead placed on the land, which they consider to be their mother, ... Read more >
Tags: Travel Writing Scholarship 2013
Sat, 9 Mar 2013 | By margitpirsch | Photo Gallery
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Sat, 2 Mar 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [971]
Medellin- Bogota. Rio Claro (22 of February)
The next day we equipped ourselves with flash lights and started off with another couple and a guide. First we had to cross the fast river holding on to a rope. It had rained all night and the ... Read more >
Sat, 2 Mar 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [798]
Medellin- Bogota. Rio Claro (21-22 of February)
Yes, it was fun and wild rafting the river. Really not difficult but very entertaining. When the guide is having a good time - all are having a ball. We stopped at ropes to jump/swing into the clear, ... Read more >
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