Bandits!
I worked in Popayan for a couple of months in 1999 and spent time touring all over the Department of Cauca there are many off the beaten trails all over the mountain ranges nearby , Popayan to Neiva, Popayan to San Augustine And never encountered a problem.
These roads have there issues Land Slides of epic porportions and saw no traffic for some times 2 hours its high country the Paramo . I saw Policia National stations covered in Chainlink fences to keep the IEDs from hitting the buildings But I never saw any problems and I talked about it to many locals about security. Purace the volcano outside of Popayan is truly a gem and there are more hot springs in the local vincenity that you can Count or see in a week.
this area is safe People are sick of war they just want to get on with there life
The Colombian Rule ! I think There are no Rules But if you are looking for a problem you will surely find a lot
Just be Calm you won't have any problems Here 85000 km and I haven't had a issue other than a broken bike
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