After nearly two and a half weeks it was time to say goodbye to our Airbnb. Cycling out of the city was exhausting as always. Even though Medellín had a lot of cycling lanes, a lot of them ended very abruptly and inconveniently. We spent a few days on main roads that were, for the most part, pleasant to cycle on. Every now and then, we were overtaken by local cyclists – and later learnt, that we had been cycling sections of one of the longest continuous road climbs in the world.
Category: South America
The Darien Gap: From Panama City to Medellín, Colombia
From Panama City, we couldn’t cycle much further before having to embark on a boat. Although North and South America are connected, we couldn’t reach Colombia by land. There are indeed paths through the jungle, but with illegal drug and human trafficking and criminal gangs, it isn’t really a safe option. Right from the start of our journey, people kept therefore asking: “But what are you going to do about the Darien Gap?


