Archive for April, 2008
Thursday, April 10th, 2008
Bogota to Quito
We’re in Quito, Ecuador today and will head down south. The pace of the trip has accelerated, no more lazy wanderings down south as the realities of making money and going back to work hit us, me especially since Roar has a more flexible schedule. We hope to make Lima, Peru by April 16th or [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Colombia, Ecuador by andy
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
Equator
We crossed the equator today!
Right on the PanAmerican highway there is a monument created by an organization dedicated to research about all thing releated to the middle of the earth.
Check out their web page: http://www.quitsato.org
We spoke a bit with the owner and he let us ride the bikes in to take some photos. Thanks!
We’re in [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Ecuador by Roar Flolo
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Twitchy feet and faded smiles
On our way to the Monserrate which is supposed to have great views of Bogota… I guess I’ll have to come back to check it out because we got clouds and rain and no views. It was great weather less than 20 minutes before we went up
Bolivar square in Bogota… tons of pigeons because people [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Colombia, Ecuador by Roar Flolo
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Bogota
We arrived in Bogota on Thursday evening around 6pm. I was still pumped up from the great ride we had from Medellin and I called one of my Colombian friends, Martika. She told me that she and her friends were going for a motorcycle ride and she asked if I´d like to come. Amazingly I [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Colombia by andy
Sunday, April 6th, 2008
Photos from Medellin
View of Medellin from the Publito Paisas, a small replica village atop a hill in Medellin
The stairs up to the top of Publito Paisas… some 260 of them and at 1500 meters I was huffing and puffing my way to the top
Chilling in Botero Park in Medellin, there are lots of fat sculptures of [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Colombia by Roar Flolo
Saturday, April 5th, 2008
Motoring Through Colombia
The Old Town in Cartagena reminded me of a smaller version of Venice. Old churches, old buildings, long narrow one lane roads surrounded by tall old buildings that happened to open up into small plazas, great for hanging out and for people watching. Amazingly the structure of the walls of the forts seemed to be [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Colombia by andy
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
Boat Trip
Our boat trip from Panama to Cartagena was interesting, a lot of fun, boring, and uncomfortable. It was a great experience and Roar and I met a bunch of fun people. Both of us talked about how we had “Sailing through the Caribbean” on our list of things to do in life and now that [...]
