Destination: Colombia

Photos: Colombia after CA

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By margitpirsch | Photo Gallery

Alto de la Linea or "A right of Passage?"

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [2081]

  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 >

Talk to the hand (April 14th)

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [873]

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 >

Leaving home again (we spent four weeks in CA, left our bikes in Bogota)

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [991]

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 >

Arriving in Bogota, March 1st and 2nd

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [883]

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 >

A Local Encounter that Changed my Perspective - A Lost City of Strong Souls

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 | By zozo | Views [504] | 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

Photos: Bogotá

Sat, 9 Mar 2013 | By margitpirsch | Photo Gallery

Not enough thrill.

Sat, 2 Mar 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [1082]

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 >

Rafting

Sat, 2 Mar 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [909]

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 >

Arriving at Rio Claro

Sat, 2 Mar 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [1701]

Medellin- Bogota. Rio Claro(February 20th)   A sunny early start after we had breakfast in the room of our cheap hotel and headed out in expectation of a pretty mellow day with not much climbs as we were heading to the valley for the biggest ... Read more >

Medellin to Bogota

Sat, 2 Mar 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [1019]

 (Tuesday 19th of February)   Manuel from Casa Ciclista Medellin (it was actually located in San Antonio de Prado- about 15km south of M. IN the mountains and UP the mountains)told us the climb will be gentle and it was. We left Medellin, ... Read more >

Cartagena de Indias

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 | By vagabondstoo | Views [860]

Both the temperature and the humidity were hovering in the mid-80s as we stepped off the plane, ill-attired in our "Bogota clothes" - long trousers and fleece tops.  But it was only a short ride to Hotel Torre del Reloj and a quick change into shorts ... Read more >

Photos: Columbia

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 | By vagabondstoo | Photo Gallery

Bogota

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 | By vagabondstoo | Views [890]

After Brazil, Bogota was a breath of fresh air - rarified to be sure at 8000 feet above sea level - but a welcome change from Brazil.  Of the 92 countries I have visited Brazil ranks towards the bottom on the list of favorites.  It's nothing ... Read more >

It's hard to be lazy when the sun is out (Santa Fe De Antioquia 10th-12th of February)

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [1007]

    We spent the rest of Sunday eating and when we crawled out of bed Monday morning we didn't have far to go to the main plaza. Our little "on the edge" hostel was right around the corner. That little fruit stand had already smiled ... Read more >