Pasto to Ibague
405 Miles
Total PanAm miles 9590
An early start this morning due to the delays getting into Colombia yesterday. I wasn’t convinced we would make it to our destination today, especially when the day started with rain and twisty mountain roads. We made slow progress with all of us riding in a group mainly due to the wet roads. Whilst I was following Jonny he had a near miss with a pickup because he was overtaking on the wrong side of a bend. It can be very difficult overtaking on these mountain roads with very few straight sections.
Today Roy was riding pillion with Nigel because he refused to drive the pickup due to its brake failure yesterday when he ran into the back of a truck, luckily at low speed. The pickup is an old nail and its surprising it’s made it this far. Mr Sanders should have put his hand a little further in his pocket when he purchased the support vehicle.
Nigel, Martin, Roy and I stopped for a break at a roadside cafe. Lovely food, friendly service and cheap. We had one more stop in the afternoon for chocolate and a coke.
There were some good stretches of dual carriageway roads past some of the towns which enabled us to make up some time. However, the last part of the route was again in the mountains with a climb up to 3600 metres. The climb and then decent down the other side seemed to take forever. The traffic on the road is difficult to pass due to the constant bends I long for some straight roads for a while! By the time we reached Ibague it was dark. We were directed to the hotel by a local man on a moped (a theme is developing here). Shower, food, beer, blog and bed.
Tomorrow we take the bikes to the airport at Bogota.
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