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8 Mar 2007
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What's the situation in Colombia?
I just read the warning here about Colombia. (in the communities pages)
I'm planning to flight our bikes to Bogota, and from there visit Cartagena, maybe Medellin, before heading south toward Ecuador.
The warnings on the Colombia page here did worry me a bit.
Any update on current situation would be welcome.
Cheers,
And if you're in Colombia, probably see you in May!
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8 Mar 2007
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Hi Maria!
Warnings, what warnings?? No one told me! (I´m just kidding)
We´ve just arrived in Cartagena having ridden up from Ecuador. We´ve had absolutely no problems at all here and in fact we wish we could have stayed longer and seen a lot more of Colombia. The scenery has been some of the best I´ve ever seen and the people really have been more than helpful, especially in Medellin, however we´ve got a boat to catch from here in a few days (if it turns up that is). Actually, the worst thing thats happened to us so far in Colombia was a little dissagreament over the price of our breakfast this morning!
We stupidly did a very long day yesterday (7.30am-7.00pm) not getting to a hotel till just after dark and I´ll admit I was a little nervous racing through the countryside in the dark however there seems to be army and police posts on pretty much any road we´ve been on and everytime I ask them if there are any problems, they always say no.
So don´t worry about it too much!
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Ohhhh Nooooo! Mr Bill, don't go to Colombia!
You might try posting a link here to "the warnings" you came across - either they are outdated or the posting was possibly overstating something - or just plain stinking wrong.
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cool!
Yes the postings on the Country community pages might be a bit out of date!
The feed back I had from my colombian colleague last time I spoke with him was that it was fairly safe now.
Mike, thanks for the update! I've been reading your blog and really enjoying it! I've also been very envious of course!
See you next year at Ripley doing a presentation then?
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go!!
hi. I´m in Colombia now and just spent a few days camping in the mountains near San Gil. Spectacular! The police and military are very helpful, don´t be afraid to ask them whats hot and whats not. No doubt Colombia has dangerous areas, but so far they have been easily avoidable. I´ll be here for the next month or so. The Colombainas are very special people, it´s well worth exploring the un-beaten path!
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if things are fairly safe, does that mean the Darien Gap is okay too?
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