048 Cycle Touring Colombia

Day 4 The following morning the trail started its descent. While hot and humid, we again com ...

Santa Marta In Santa Marta, I desperately needed to do laundry and reorganise my panniers. Being pr ...

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Barranquilla – Porte Veronica - 46 km The next morning, we got underway at around 10 o’clock ...

Cartagena Cartagena conjured up romantic images of colonial wealth, and the city didn’t disappoint ...

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Cartagena From Cartagena, we had to start thinking of crossing the Darién Gap. The Darién Gap is a break ...

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Cartagena – Cruz de Viso - 51 km Upon departing busy Cartagena, the traffic was bumper to bumper, and i ...

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Toluviejo - Tolu - 20 km A mere 20-kilometre cycle took us to Tolu – another idyllic coastal villa ...

So pleasant was Arboletes, we stayed an additional day. This section of the coast was way off the beaten track ...

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Mellito – Turbo - 69 km With no other option, we got on the muddy, potholed road. Luckily, the poor r ...

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