Best Ride Yet....

I have heard from a lot of people, that the only place in Colombia that you have to watch out for is in the south, From Popayan to the border of Ecuador. There have been a lot of kidnappings and shootings by the Farc down there, so they gave me a heads up to watch out and drive at day...of which we always do.

So taking off from Popayan, we headed south to the border...about a six hour trip. Southern Colombia on the Western side is covered in giant green mountains. Our elevation had to have been above 7,000 feet, because there is no way that we could be this close to the equator and it still be in the 50's.

The ride was beautiful...imagine lush green pastures of Western Texas just fluent with 13,000 foot mountains on both sides. The roads were sweet and soft, curving over tight bends and through valleys with the occasional mountain side tunnel. I was forced by the Gods of Ecological Beauty to pull my bike of the side of the road and snap a few pictures of the landscape.

The ride was long and wonderful and I enjoyed every pass and fragrance. Definitely the best ride yet.
If you look closely on the lower left side, you can see the first tunnel that we entered.