Day off Popayan Colombia - Bike Touring Blogs
During every long distance bike tour, you need to take days off. In the Colombia section of cycling from Alaska to Argentina in 2010, I took a day off in Popayan.
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A Rest Day in Popayan
Blog post written: May 25 2010
After working out a projected route, I decided to take a day off, as I should still make the border with Ecuador before my visa runs out, and well, quite frankly, my legs were tired after all the mountain work.
As I have a nasty three day section of mountains ahead of me, its probably for the best !
I decided to buy some rain gear which I managed to get hold of easily. Its not breathable, but it is waterproof, so I should be able to keep warm and dry whilst waiting out any rains that may catch me up in the mountains.
A bit of a re-supply and internet usage in the morning, and kit maintenance in the afternoon gave my legs a chance to rest ahead of the next 6 cycling days in front of me.
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Dave is a UK travel writer living in Athens since 2015. With 20 years of firsthand travel experience and over 80,000 km of bicycle touring across six continents, he's been blogging at Dave's Travel Pages since 2005. Every guide is based on places he's actually been.
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