Colombia, All or Multiple Cities Thread

[BklynDakar]

I am staying at a great moto friendly hostel in Medellin called Hostel Medellin. It is in a safe neighborhood, close to transportation and has an enclosed garage. It is run by very friendly Colombians who are well connected in the motorcycle community in Medellin. The only problem is that you may not want to leave )

Hostel Medellin
Carrera 65 Nº 48 - 144 Sector Suramericana - Medellín - Colombia
(GPS: N 06º15´ 16.5´´ W 075º34´53.8´´)
Teléfonos: +57 (4) 230 05 11 Celular: +57 311 334 80 83.

HOSTAL MEDELLIN
info@hostalmedellin.com

[gatogato]

Any of you guys know a good place to have your motorcycle fixed in Cartegena Columbia. My f650 2001 has water mixing with the oil and is in serious need of fixing.

Thank You,
Geoff

[Mr. Ron]

Can't say much about Cartegena, do you think the bike might make it to Medellin? Thats the place to get fixed up. Mauricio at Ruta 40 tel.574-262-30-59 or [ Ruta 40 ]. Also contact the HU community. Hey Tibby, are you out there? Can you help a brother out?
also Moto Angel in Medellin, awesome guys!
2XGatos...beware. Motorcyclists in Colombia are required to carry Seguro Obligatario, insurance. The cost varies, but i know in Medellin you can only purchase one year. I have heard that you can purchase one month in Cartegena, but you have to research. It is well over 100 for the year $$! I saying this because on the road south to Sincelejo there is a police check point. The crusty and extremely corrupt old bastard WILL ask for your seguro. He will then impound your bike until you either produce the seguro or finally offer him a nice bribe.We had to bribe him with $23 each, so avoid this route. This was the only time travelling in all of Colombia that i was asked, and we were both warned about this checkpoint.

[BklynDakar]

Just so there is no confusion.

Hostal Medellin, run by local 'paisas' from Medellin, in a quiet part of Medellin, has a website at HOSTAL MEDELLIN

CasaKiwi, recently opened by an America, recently took the domain hostelmedellin.com and redirects you to CasaKiwi.

They are very different places.

[pitstophostel]

Hey Bikers. A huge hostel has just opened in Medellin Cra 43e no 5 - 110
Patio Bonito www.mapas.com.co :: Mapa de Colombia

It has a secure parking area within the hostel and plenty of room for any work you have to do. With swimming pool, Irish bar, Sauna´s and Jaquzzi, it´s more of a hotel than a hostel. The PitStop Hostel, Medellin





There is an opening Party on the 15th of March, hope to see some of you there for a or 2.

Paul

[kaiserkyhl]

After riding from Chile all the way up to Oregon and across to Miami, I'm now back in Cali, Colombia with my bike and my Colombian, soon to become wife, Diana and we're expecting a baby in December.

1st of August 2008 we started a super nice hostel in the good and secure part of Cali in Colombia.

If you head this way its cheap, quiet, safe and close to everything you need (incl. BMW, KTM, Suzuki dealers close by and the cities best mechanic at Austurias) and we´ll help you in any way we can.

We have airport pick-up and since I have flown my bike in and out of Cali, I can help with all the legal matters of arriving or leaving Colombia.

Casa Blanca Hostel, Avenida 6 bis, Calle 26n, #57, Santa Monica Residencial, Cali, Colombia. Tel. (+57) (2) 396 38 49 Fax. (+57) (2) 668 99 86 or mail me at mike@casablancahostel.com
GPS koordinates: N 03.28.147' W076.31.773
Casa Blanca Hostel > bienvenido! welcome! :::::::::::::::::::::

Check my travel video diary at YouTube - kaiserkyhl's Channel

[mollydog]

Congrats on the new Hostal! Sounds like you've had a long ride!

I'm assuming you somehow shipped your bike from Florida to
Colombia?

I've been searching for the best/least expensive ways to do this. Any info you've got, I'd love to hear it!

The distance is so short one would think it would not be too expensive to fly a bike from Miami to Colombia?

Thanks in advance! Good luck with the new Hostal!

Patrick

[kaiserkyhl]

Originally Posted by mollydog

Congrats on the new Hostal! Sounds like you've had a long ride!

I'm assuming you somehow shipped your bike from Florida to
Colombia?

I've been searching for the best/least expensive ways to do this. Any info you've got, I'd love to hear it!

The distance is so short one would think it would not be too expensive to fly a bike from Miami to Colombia?

Thanks in advance! Good luck with the new Hostal!

Patrick

Thanks!

Yeah your right I flew from Miami to Cali, Colombia, but it was not cheap!

3 month earlier a friend of mine flew cali/miami for 1200 dollars, but now the fuel prices have gone extremely up, so I paid 1900 dollars incl. everything. And they even managed to drop the bike and bust one of my alu panniers. Still fighting the airline agent for a refund.

I talked with Copa price about 2400 dollars, same with martianair and avianca, so I found this shipping agent who would do it for 1900 dollars with Arrow Air.

If you have time to wait and faith in habour employes I would guess its cheaper to get it on a ship to Cartagena!

[Zigeuner53]

The Cranky Croc owned by aussie in Candelaria a new and well done hostal
just off Crta 4 and Calle 15? with free bike parking in Parquedero NEW info bike parking costs but well worth the stop........
clean, reasonable prices, great beds with duvee covers...you will sleep well - barbecue also Fridays
worth the trip
LOTS of bike shops nearby
NEW - just there again hasn't changed still cool YOU WILL NEED TO RESERVE it's getting really popular !

[Zigeuner53]

Columbia Highlands hostal just at edge of town
camping 8,000 rooms 12-14,000
clean great place
owner is terrific
Bike friendly lots of great rides around worth stopping for 2-4 days

[Zigeuner53]

Divanga, french owned
bike parking ,nice pool , safe area
clean and nice
they got up at 6 am to make me breakfast (free) because I was leaving early !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
5 blocks from beach but worth it as beach aint so great

[vagamoto]

Hostel Tamarindo, around the corner from Casa Kiwi. Small, quiet and moto parking. Natalie a great host. Casa Kiwi looks great, but very popular and 'the party place'. So if you need a quiet nights sleep, look at Tamarindo.

[jc]

I'll ad my 2 cents worth of information on Medellin hostals. I heard from travelers on the road that Casa Kiwi is a party hostal, and you dont get any rest there, so we (My wife and I) stayed at Pitstop hostal. They have nice parking, but is unfortunately also a party hostal with geusts partying right through the night and leave the kitchen in one hell of a mess. Staff seems to be ok with this. We got fed up with the never minded staff and moved to Hostal Porton de Provenza (N06 12.424 W75 33.938). For only 10000 pesos more we had a great stay with locked parking for our bike too. It is near the KTM and Honda shop, also nice up market resturants in the area.

Ruta 40 took good care of my GS and was reasonable with their prices.

Johan

[Margus]

In Pasto there is a super nice hotel - Hotel Casa Lopez (Calle 18 no 21B-11 La Merced)

Maybe it is not the cheapest option as they ask 45 000 pesos per person, but the rooms centered around the courtyard are great and the service is awesome. The owner himself was trying to make us feel as comfortable as at home. Delicious Colombian coffe was prepared for us and brought to our room, even without asking, as well as hot water bottles to keep us warm. The breakfast was also great, and we even got an explanation of what we were eating (in addition to the "normal" things we were brought a local speciality, arepas).

We parked our bike in the courtyard - 100% safe.

Wireless internet all over the place.

GPS coordinates:

N 01deg 12,702min
W 077deg 16,666min

[Singaporedream]

casa blanca.... don't follow this co-ordinates unless u want to camp in a jungle.
N 03.46925 W 076.52967N 03.46925 W 076.52967
N 03.46925 W 076.52967N 03.46925 W 076.52967
N 03.46925 W 076.52967N 03.46925 W 076.52967

the correct one is:

N 03.28.147' W076.31.773

nice place to meet travelers. very great kitchen. please inform them if you are coming with a bigger group of bikes or a sidecar. garage space is about 6m x 3m with in-house bike.

keep it up!