Popayan, Colombia
Leaving San Agustin this morning, we were warned that we were in for a rough ride - anyone who gets motion sickness should take appropriate measures! Susanne has been feeling pretty rough herself the last couple of days and elected to take the "better life through drugs" approach. Our leader gave her a magic pill that appears to have kept her stomach contents in place; the only side effect of which is that she is a bit of a zombie this afternoon.
Because we are a large group (17 people in all), It has been more economical to use private transport instead of local buses. Thus, we had a small bus for our group alone, for this section of the route. Probably much more comfortable than the alternative.
The route itself was as bad as advertised. Some of the worst roads we have been on in years. The first and last sections were nicely paved but extremely hilly and curvy. The middle section, much of it through dense, rainy jungle, was a sort of narrow, potholed, small-boulder-sized gravel affair, populated with small motorcycles and huge semi-trailer trucks. It took over 5 hours to traverse the 120km route.
The scenery was pretty spectacular though.
This is a very wet area - that is not cactus
At the end of the road, we came to the large town of Popayan, known as the "white" city, primarily for the colour of all of the downtown buildings. After a bit of a walk around town (most things are closed because it is Sunday), we are ready for supper - the fried chicken has been highly recommended.
Tomorrow we continue on to Cali.
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