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4 Sep 2021
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@ Scrabblebiker in post #4 above. I live in Medellin Colombia and travel extensively throughout all of Colombia and Ecuador in my car, last month just returned from a one month road and boat trip of the complete Caribbean coast of Colombia with 3,260km put on the car.
Just want to thank you for your well written and detailed review of your trip through Colombia, every detail is spot on.
I am originally from Huntington Beach, California but love my life here in Colombia. I sold my bike 2 years ago and now travel exclusively in my personal car, some of my road trips have been epic and mind blowing, what I see and experience continues to inspire me to explore more, and more, and more.
Thanks!
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4 Sep 2021
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Colombia
+1 on Colombia 56000 km since 2018 and IT is WOW or WTF
I dont pay for tolls or get stuck behind trucks on mountain roads
Any where is 12hours away from Bucaramanga
I could never imagine myself in a car unless it was a Subaru WRX Turbo
Felix Viajes
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5 Sep 2021
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Have a look at the zona cafetera:
Medellin - Jericho - Jardín - Salento - Los Navedos national park
I did this route as a loop starting & ending in Medellin & took 7 days…..but you could easily head across to Bogota for the last leg
Great pueblos, fantastic scenery & some epic roads
When route planning a good rule of thumb is that you will travel at an AVERAGE of 50 km/h…..sounds way slow but those mountain roads are curvy as hell
Also…check out this website for some interesting itineraries:
https://www.colombiamotoadventures.c...otorcycle-tour
Safe trip
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7 Sep 2021
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Key question - what are your interests? Suggestions will be very different depending on these - if it's colonial architecture then you'll different suggestions from those for nature reserves, and so on...
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7 Sep 2021
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OP asked the question (#1) in January 2020, returned home and wrote a very fine trip report (#4) in February 2020.
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