Yearly Archives: 2015

Yesterday was our last day on the road.   It was yet another glorious day of adventure riding in Colombia. The night we spent under the Volcan Nevado del Ruiz was freezing.   It was the coldest night we experienced on this trip.   I … Continue reading →

A delightful hotel, sweltering heat, more mountain twisties, freezing cold, fog that cut visibility down to 30 feet, dirt roads, riding at 13,576 feet, hot sulfur baths, and a burbling volcano that killed 23,000 people in 1985…all in a day’s … Continue reading →

Let me see if I can get this right:   I’m a guy from California riding a Chinese motorcycle in Colombia headed to a town called Honda.   Yep, that was yesterday’s ticket. We left Villa de Leyva early in the morning, climbed … Continue reading →

Actually, it’s pronounced “via da layba.”   I’m learning how to be a Colombian, and how to speak like one.  Colombian Spanish is different than Mexican Spanish.   Much to my regret, I don’t speak either one.  Someday… Juan Carlos and Carlos … Continue reading →

More riding, another Andean crossing, a bit of rain, and we arrived in Barichara! Barichara is a artist’s town, and it’s one of the most exclusive places in all of Colombia.  It was another glorious day of mountain riding.  I … Continue reading →

Vaca Loca means “crazy cow” in Spanish.  It was a traditional thing in many small Colombian villages years ago.   Juan Carlos explained the story behind it to me, but I forgot most of it.   I tried finding the story behind … Continue reading →

They tell me la playa means beach in Spanish, and Belem means Bethlehem.  There was no beach, but I’m getting ahead of myself. La Playa de Belem was our destination on the third day of our Colombian moto adventure, and … Continue reading →

Our second day on the road in Colombia started in Coveñas, and the humidity was oppressive. It was going to get worse as the day went on.  We’re in the tropics, not too far from the equator, and hot and … Continue reading →

Wow!  I never thought I’d been typing this, but here I am.  I just rode across the northernmost range of the Andes Mountains.  On an RX3.  Wowee!   Here they are:  The Andes! I took that shot from a cool little spot … Continue reading →