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Apr 13

We got up early for a run and to catch golden hour for the pretty Mission church in Concá. Quite a mix of stark and desolate, desert scrub running in the hills, followed by the pretty and whimsical colours and stonework of the church. This guy had turned up for Sunday mass early, by about two hours. I guess he was looking for company. A photo subject for me and a free rural Spanish lesson for Claire.

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Apr 8

What started as a route to avoid the licence plate restrictions in certain towns became a stunning drive through one of Mexico’s Biosfera reserves. The perfect off road trail if you don’t like lumpy obstacle courses! It reminded us a lot of some US trails, apart from the sweet little Mexican towns scattered along the route. The best parts of travel always come at the least expected time.

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Apr 6

Grabbing an ice cool lemon and lime from a street seller on our last day in Cartagena. It always amazes me how delicious street food and drinks are. Especially if you go to hawkers that only do one thing, they tend to do it well.

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Apr 5

We finally dragged ourselves away from the beach. Our ‘just one night’ turned into nine nights as we hunkered down over the Easter Holy Week.
Back in the road again we headed from sea level to over 2600m, and the town of Real del Monte. As you can see, a parking lot is our home tonight. Bizarrely, this town excels at oven baked pasties. And they are extraordinarily good.

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Apr 3

Beach life for a week. Despite not usually being big fans of sand and salt, this has been a great place to wait out the Semana Santa celebrations. Away from everyone, avoiding crowds, somewhat quiet (unless you count a party next door until 4:30am as noise; thankfully we have good earplugs). We'll get back on the road after the weekend. It looks like we'll be heading up the east side of Mexico for the 'TBRT - Mexico Part 2' journey. We've heard of some good climbing in Monterrey from Colin (@wanderingpeso ) so we'll probably stop by there for an injury or two! :)

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Mar 26

Walking down an art street in Caratagena's Getsemani District a couple of days before we flew to Mexico. It feels weird to have left Colombia. The food, the language, the people. All very different to Mexico, but all so similar. They have a strange connection considering the seven (?) countries in between are all so different.

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Mar 24

Incredible. Sea level. Completely flat. Perfectly paved. We haven’t run on this kind of surface for years! Glorious. There are so many ru nners in Mexico, of all shapes and sizes. Colombia was almost zero runners and loads of cyclists. It’s strange to see the juxtaposition of the two countries in such a short space of time. Having spent over two years in Colombia and Mexico short view is that Colombia is a posh Mexico. The differences between the two being why I love each of them so much.

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Mar 24

Another taxi ride. This time to the Shipping Agents office to meet Negrito the dog, Luis and Claudia. A trip to the bank sorted us with a 10 Year import permit for Mexico, which is great. We should pick the truck up on Friday, Monday or Tuesday.
I love the coke bottle / subwoofer / car bomb wired from the ceiling to the dash. Also, none of the taxi drivers here seem to know where they are going. Thank God for Google Maps.

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Mar 7

We haven’t seen a beach for 16 months. That might be a Pan-American overlander record. The crowds have left the strip which, to be honest, we are not camping on by choice. It’s a bit windy and over developed. But, we are bum to the wind (quieter in our rig) and drinking rum so it could be worse. Looks like we’ll be in Cartagena tomorrow.

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Feb 22

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[Mesa de Los Santos, Colombia - 1,614m]
Claire spotted this trail on the other side of the canyon from where we are staying. It's almost a loop, but the canyon gets in the way so you have to retrace your steps. 18km and a killer view.

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Dec 23

We took a ‘camper break’ and flew out from Bucaramanga into the jungle of Colombia’s Amazonas region. Four nights overlooking the Amazon river listening to the insect and frog cacophony and feeding bananas to squirrel and black tamarind monkeys.

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Dec 10

A wonderful side trip to a tiny little town called Jordán at the foot of the #chicamochacanyon The view of the river in the way down was stunning. We stayed overnight, it was 30°C in the camper, and then went for a run through the tobacco fields in the morning.

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Nov 23

We’re going for the record of ‘How many Instagram shots can we take of the camper in exactly the same place”. Stuck in Barichara ... again :)

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Nov 18

Hiding in the spikey stuff. This spot affords wonderful views over the mountain opposite accompanied by the cracking sounds of the occasional landslide. We heard the rare noise of the 8ft Penis Owl this morning. More news on that to follow.

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Nov 12

We're back in #Barichara at @guaimarocampsite . Such a lovely spot, the home made bread and wonderful hosts are a bonus! Apparently we are the first overlanders they have seen for a while so we have the place almost to ourselves; only sharing with a lovely volunteer from Venezuela called Carolina.
Here's a pic from just before sunset last night.

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Nov 7

How can you ever get tired of the view from Refugio? The Yoga Room sits right on top of the ridge, affording views all the way down the canyon and climbing park. We have both picked up an injury so we may be heading to the fine folks at @guaimarocampsite for a while. Refugio; Guaimaro .... what choices to have!

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Oct 20

Claire has been desperate to get on. Colombian horse for some time. The Paso Fino horses have a very snappy trot, it looks a bit weird (Google it). This one was kind of half way to a Paso Fino so the search for saddle time continues.

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Oct 15

You can probably expect a few more climbing pics over the next few days :) This canyon is such an amazing location. Hopefully we’ll get to elevate ourselves above the loft heights of ‘total newbies’ by the time we leave.

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Oct 14

Just doing some deals on a pole in the mountains with a dog.

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Oct 8

Even bustling cities like Medellin have some hidden places to camp. Parque La Floresta is a sweet little plaza, with a side road alongside this church. Probably not recommended for noisy weekends but on a weekday, if you get into town late and need a friendly and safe location you could do a lot worse!

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Oct 7

The back roads of Colombia are simply breathtaking. We are in the mountains of Antioquia enjoying the amazing home of @rjstebbings, his menagerie of cats and dogs and the wonderful hospitality of Alcira and her daughter. It’s funny where you end up after posting a random ‘can you give a cat a home’ message in an expat Facebook forum! Thanks Rupert. This place will be forever in our hearts.

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