" Yicks, today is the big journey the poorbuthappy web forum told us not to do. Taking a bus from Popayan to Pasto. Would we get kidnapped? Would we be in a bus cra ..."
"after crossing the border from ecuador into colombia today (which went very smoothly), we decided to head to pasto rather than stay the night in the border town of ipiales. we also ..."
"From Quito, it`s a 5 hours bus ride to the border, then an hour and a half to cross through customs, added to another 4 hours or so to the nearest big town. As if i hadnt had enoug ..."
"On the road a little later today at 9. Stopped for gas and had the bikes hand washed for $1.75 ea. This is the first washing in 12,000 km. There are not a lot of ..."
"Little did we realise when we arrived in San Augustin but leaving it for Ecuador would not be as straight forward as we though. The only good rood out of there was back to Bogota a ..."
"Um, San Augustin was great in that its isolation from the rest of the world helped to preserve a lot of the culture there, but the isolation in the Colombian Andes also meant a hor ..."
"Pasto, a sketchy town poised near the Colombian and Ecuadorian border... Arriving after dark into towns like this is always an adventure. While the day´s drive saw us pass through ..."
"At least, thats what they told me to expect. Heres one thing I have learnt from my Colombia experience: DONT BELIEVE ANYTHING! So far I have had the coffee, and its fantastic by th ..."
"habe noch 10 minuten...frei nach dem motto bilder sagen mehr diesmal eher wenig text. bin also nach macoa, immer runter, in den dichtesten regenwald den ich je sah...es regnet da a ..."
"Pasto is quite high and we appreciated the cool fresh weather. The locals were dressed in woolen ponchos or coats while we sported our MEC vests. This is our last stay in Colombia ..."