It started as a feeling a few weeks into our trip to South America, we simply had enough of the “reliable” busses of Colombia and started looking for a camper for the rest of our journey. Before you start looking into the ads you have to know, that in South America, every vehicle is allowed…
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Guatapé – San Carlos – Granada
Our time in Guatapé was coming to an end, so we decided to go on our last trip to a paisa town called San Carlos, which is a really small village with a huge history of violence due to the gerillas in the past decade. After stationing 1500 troops there, things calmed down quickly, and…
Guatapé to Rionegro for traffic license
With motorcycle rental and tour operator office comes a lot of official business like renewing insurance and license for the vehicles. Our host asked me to drive one of the bikes to the Centro Mecánico in Rionegro and get the traffic license renewed. Of course I said yes, then it turned out it’s going to…
Guatapé to Alejandría and the long way back
We decided to take a short trip from Guatapé to Alejandría, as we saw the really nice new road earlier when we checked out San Rafael. We went to Guatape Motos again and we got a nice, red Yamaha Libero 125. A different one than last time 🙂 We headed towards San Rafael and we…
First trip as official tour guide
We are still in Guatapé and Guatapé Motos just had it’s first half day tour. Yaay 🏍️🤸👏🎉🎊 I was asked to be on standby and when only one couple showed up I was sure my presence will not be needed. I waited half an hour for the other couple who wanted to participate, but they…
Guatapé 1 Day trip to Cocorná
We are still in Guatapé and after the Small Ring we decided to go again with Guatape Motos and ride around in a bigger circle and try another bike on the Colombian highway. This time we hopped on a Yamaha Libero 125, that supported our journey with much more torque, so when we headed to…
Guatapé Small Ring
We made it to a small town in Colombia called Guatapé couple of days ago, where we’re staying with Guatape Motos (you can check them out) as our Workaway host for about a month. The first task we got as volunteers was to get on a Honda CB125 and explore the surrounding areas. Since we…
Motorcycle guide to Bogotá
This is an extraordinary post as I was not actually riding any bike here in Bogotá We arrived mid October that is still rainy season here and as it suggests we got rain practically every day. Luckily it means 30-60 minutes every day. Bogotá, being the capital of Colombia, is a huge city that occupies…
A Rider's Tale 