On the first day in Ecuador we ride south on Highway 35 toward Cayambe. It’s a gorgeous day and the […]
Archive for August 2014
Riding into Ecuador
We leave our hotel in Ipiales early enough to run back out to Las Lajas and walk down to the […]
Southern Colombia and Las Lajas
After we leave Salento, we head back to the highway and south toward Buga for the night. We stay in […]
Valle do Cocora
Just east of Salento on the edge of the Parque Nacional Natural Los Nevados is the small village of Cocora. […]
Salento, Colombia and the game of Tejo
Salento is a town that keeps popping up in blogs I’ve been reading and in suggested places to visit in […]
Riding across Central Colombia
We left the farm early one morning hoping to head west to the Zona Cafetera – coffee highlands – of […]
Working on a coffee farm in Colombia – Part 2
Each day the farmer and his wife offer us fresh and delicious fresh food from the local area and from […]
Working on a coffee farm in Colombia – part 1
Brian has used Help Exchange before as a way to save a bit of money when traveling and to meet […]
Guatape and El Penol
We ride out of Medellin and head east out of the city over the mountains toward the small town of […]
Medellin, Colombia
Medellin sprawls for miles along a valley and up the sides of both ridgelines of mountains surrounding it. Most buildings […]
Sturgis Chick 