This is my bike touring blog from the day's cycling from Yarumal to Santa Rosa de Osos in Colombia - Part of my bike tour from Alaska to Argentina. Leaving Yarumal Descending through the steep streets of Yarumal back to the main road involved a lot of brake work. I was glad I had taken an alternative route into the centre!There was more uphill cycling today, but I was feeling strong, and the … [Read more...]

A day off in Yarumal, with not a lot to report. I downloaded quite a few episodes of the new series of ‘V’, caught up on emails, and generally rested the legs. I will set off tomorrow and depending how I get on with the hills, may make it to Medellin tomorrow.Read more about cycling from Alaska to ArgentinaPrevious day of bike tour Next day of bike tour Bike Touring in … [Read more...]

It took nearly 6 hours to cover less than 40kms today, but that's how it goes when cycling in the mountains of Colombia! Cycling to YarumalThere was no need for a super early start, as it had rained overnight, and it worked in my favour to let the roads dry from the previous nights rains.Also, because I was higher up in the mountains there was no oppressive heat to avoid.I knew it … [Read more...]

On this day of my bike tour through Colombia, it was time to head up into the mountains. This blog covers the day's cycling between Taraza and Valdivia.Cycling through Colombia Today was a day of two halves, or to put it more precisely, a day of two thirds and then another third.The first two thirds were relatively straight forwards, with the road leading gradually upwards whilst … [Read more...]

A strange day cycling in Colombia, where there were hundreds of caterpillars crawling around on the road! Here's my bike touring blog from the day.Bike Touring Blog The humidity was a lot higher today, but thankfully the clouds kept the sun back once more. A slightly hillier ride than yesterday, but nothing too outrageous.The road for the main part ran parallel with a river which is … [Read more...]