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I'm in Bogota now and have ridden north(east-ish) from Ecuador through Pasto, Popayan, Cali and Ibagues. Great roads, no cop hassle at all, amazing scenery, friendly folks, safe as milk (so far!) Prepare to spend more time than you planned in Colombia. This is not a country to be "got through"!
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I'm in Bogota now and have ridden north(east-ish) from Ecuador through Pasto, Popayan, Cali and Ibagues. Great roads, no cop hassle at all, amazing scenery, friendly folks, safe as milk (so far!) Prepare to spend more time than you planned in Colombia. This is not a country to be "got through"!
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Hey I'm in Bogota as well, which hostel are you staying at?
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Hey I'm in Bogota as well, which hostel are you staying at?
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Cool! I'm at the El Dorado in Candelaria. Beer and motorbike chat? Like, now?!!
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Spend the last 8 weeks touring around Colombia, and extended my visa to see a bit more. am in san augustin at the moment. Great country, great people, safe as anywhere else i guess.
no worries about safety, go and have fun!!
sanderd.
(note, if you take a boat, try to avoid the Metacomet, had all sorts of problems during the trip. PM me if you want to know why for details).
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You don't want to miss the trip trough Colombia,
i'm heading there soon, so i might see you on the road.
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Cool! I'm at the El Dorado in Candelaria. Beer and motorbike chat? Like, now?!!
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Hey sorry! went to bed for a while this afternoon to catch up on some much needed sleep. I'm at the Cranky Croc hostel, they have a fri-night BBQ if you're keen!
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Hey Adam
Might just see you there!
Will PM you to avoid further hijackation of this thread.
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Great night last night Sime!
Back on topic so far my impression of Bogota is that it is very safe during the day however I wouldn't walk around here at night time. I have been frisk searched 3 times in the last 2 days which really makes me wonder what people have on them in the streets.
As we speak the military is locking down the local plaza and searching everyone there as there is a public holiday on Monday and something festive happening so obviously there is an existent threat if they are being that serious about it.
Still so far I've had a great time and I must include that the women are certainly not shy!
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Great night last night Sime!
...I must include that the women are certainly not shy!
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Yes it was! And no they're not!
I kinda agree with that sum up of Bogota - basically normal precautions, don't run around up a back alley at 3am waving a wad of cash etc...
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