..to answer my own question: Yes, it was pretty bad! :-)
there's about 90km unpaved out of the total of 130km between san augustin and popayan.
i had a wet, misty, muddy, bumpy, slippery day. rained all day and the day before i left which caused bad road conditions. The whole road is potholes.
Cold, misty & cloudy soo didn't see much of the supposedly nice scenic views.
Took me 5 hours. In good weather probably faster. But dry or wet, the bad road doesn't allow you to go faster than 35km/hour max. All single and a bit 2nd gear.
Arriving on pavement at popayan side and do the last 20km on winding good pavement roads was a real treat.
Hellish, definetly recommended!
regards,
Sanderd
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