Day: November 22, 2008

Leaving Medellin we took a wrong turn but looking at the GPS it seemed like an OK deviation.

Turned out to be a very long route and off-road for the most part.

It was a lot of fun and gorgeous mountain views – truly a privilege to be able to drive through these roads.

It also meant very slow progress towards Armenia, our original destination though.

Once we got back on the highway the roads continued to be winding and amazingly beautiful.

We got some rain but not that bad – we were more worried about getting to a larger town before it got dark.

We ended up in Manizales, which is not too far from Armenia. We never saw so many motorcycles shops in one town! We stopped at a shop which had the exact same bike that Marc has and started talking to the owner – he was closing shop so he took us to a hotel – just like yesterday – which I just realized I didn’t write about yesterday.

When we got to Medellin Marc pulled over to see if he could find the BMW dealer – Ruta 40. A cab driver was trying to figure out where the address was when I looked down the street and saw it right there!! We drove up to it and being 7 at night we didn’t expect to find anyone there but to our surprise they were there!! Very cool guys – Mauricio Gallo – the owner even took us to a hotel he recommended after we left Marc’s bike at the shop so that it could be serviced first thing in the morning 🙂