Day 55 - Quito
Went to the dealer really early and got them to start working straight away. The “automatico” of the starter - I’m guessing it translates to the induction coils - got burnt. …
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Day 54 - Ibarra to Quito
Day started well with the hotel guys cleaning our bikes and us getting Marc’s starter to work. We looked at the starter and the wire casings were all melted leaving the metal exp…
Day 53 - Popayan, Colombia to Ibarras, Ecuador
Another amazing day - congratulations Colombia!! Morning was a little wet but then we started climbing up and up and up and around and around around! The scenaries were breathtaki…
Day 52 - Manizales to Popoyan
A LOT of miles today - made up for the relatively small amount of miles we did yesterday. This morning coming out of Manizales I was ecstatic with the road and the scenery - Colo…
Day 51 - Medellin to Manizales
Another WOW day of riding… but first we went to the BMW dealer to get Marc’s bike which had brand new tires on. Leaving Medellin we took a wrong turn but looking at the GPS it …
Day 50 - Bogota to Medellin
Great roads today - tons and tons of winding mountain roads - made for a long day though - from around 11am to 7pm riding pretty much non-stop. This morning we were on a quest to f…
Day 49 - Bogota - back on the bikes!
What a long day! We went to the airport at 11am and finished the process at 7pm!! First the cargo company had to cancel some paperwork that said that the bikes were going to be…
Day 49 - Bogota
Still waiting for the bikes… they were supposed to have been here this morning but due to some weather problems the plane landed at 9am instead of 3am… and they will only know …
Day 48 - Bogota
So the bikes were not shipped last night so staying another day in Bogota… Going to do some tourism around town… We went to eat at Casa Vieja - a restaurant with regional food …
Day 47 - Panama City to Bogota
Uff - long day - started out very well with a great breakfast at the hotel then we went straight to the cargo terminal to see about shipping the bikes today through Servi Carga who…