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Crossed at ipiales, fillup 50 kilometers before border in Ecuador and make sure you have fuel to get to popayan, No fuel before, none. In Popayan as much as you want. Buy SOAT at border on bridge, immigration into Colombia takes ages.
I'm assuming you are going into Colombia
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Crossed at ipiales, fillup 50 kilometers before border in Ecuador and make sure you have fuel to get to popayan, No fuel before, none. In Popayan as much as you want. Buy SOAT at border on bridge, immigration into Colombia takes ages.
I'm assuming you are going into Colombia
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No ,i should be going out of Colombia.from Bogota to Ipiales.did u run into any of the road blocks (heard of on the news(?) or any other safety concerns? What route did u take through Cali i guess?thanks for the info!

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Im in popayan, off to cali tomorrow
Road south of here to ecuador via ipiales is fabulous, you may meet truck convoys that will slow you down, and lots of army chaps
Do fill up in popayan and have enough fuel to get you 50 kilometers into ecuador ( that is nearly 400 kilometers) where fuel is dirt cheap
I overnighted in pasto, and ibarra on the Ecuador side
Ecuador is very organized and tidy
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Im in popayan, off to cali tomorrow
Road south of here to ecuador via ipiales is fabulous, you may meet truck convoys that will slow you down, and lots of army chaps
Do fill up in popayan and have enough fuel to get you 50 kilometers into ecuador ( that is nearly 400 kilometers) where fuel is dirt cheap
I overnighted in pasto, and ibarra on the Ecuador side
Ecuador is very organized and tidy
Sounds good thanks!please keep us updated in the next few days/stops if u can on rd conditions/safety/gasoline etc
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Road from Cali to Popayan is fine plenty of petrol
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Hi, no fuel at Ipiales, restriced to 10,000 pesos worth at Pasto but we had no problem with fuel once we got to Popayan although we did manage to fill up before that at El Estrecho - a small very friendy petrol station.

Lots of armed lorry convoys but nothing to worry about. We decided to head to Cali as we assumed fuel would be fine - it was. Only stayed a night for a Salsa lesson! Its a hot sweaty place and unless you like cities, i wouldn't bother. Had a night at Buga, a nice colonial town with famous cathedral and now in Salento in the hills and coffee region. Lovely here with good walks and fuel!
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Hi Duke following your footsteps Salento, Jardin, medellin is my plan so far, then aim for the Caribbean
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