Thursday, July 28, 2016

Summer holidays in Colombia: Tumaco

Rode down to the coast, 300km or so, with sobrino JuanFe, alias Super Pipe or Mini Nairo Quintana.  Es Berraco!  16 years old.  There has been a tranportation-truckers strike for 40 days....so .....we rode back up too!  up to 3200m.

land of the cuy....

Nariz del Diablo....devil´s nose, build into the side of the cliff

plenty of security on the main roads


fixing a flat...just leave the bike on the road....not much traffic

can this kid ever eat!!


end of the road in Tumaco

Mini Froome goes for a swim....in the warm waters of Tumaco


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3 plates later.....breaky buffet



:(  little boy died in this accident.....


police...military....etc all over the main roads

giddy up mini froome


looking back up the devil´s nose

note the road on both sides of the nose...hanging off the cliff

looking down to the coast from 3200m

breath-taking scenery......  a cycling paradise

sugar cane based, licorice flavored alcohol....without sugar.....so how do they ferment it?  Wonder if they make a de-alcoholized version for me?

OK...we cheated at the end and got a ride back up the last climb to Pasto as we were running out of time-daylight.  Easy to chuck the bikes on the back of a Chiva

Summer holidays in Colombia: Pasto

Tia Cris y la Mafe

Papi Ramon a los 93 anitos

Carla and Tio Julio picking uvillas

Feijoa

yummy!

The new steed.  Bought it from a good friend here in Colombia and here it will stay.  No more bike boxes.

Hockey day in Pasto

La Carlola haciendo los envueltos

I don´t see it often, but people are starting to pick up their dog poop with plastic bags here.

Mama the cuy expert


Oh what joy :)

Lunch with mami maruja


Hanging out with La Mami

Walking papi Ramon to la misa

Mafe and her new bike!




Carla loves going to tio Julio´s farm every day

learning to wash clothes the hard way

Soco and Maria on their way up la cruz


the view of part of pasto from part way up la cruz