Border crossing day to Colombia. Road and scenery were great. Then a detour up and around the mountainsides up to 3900 meters. Got to the border and signing out of Ecuador was easy. Then the Colombia entry side, we got an Aduana (Customs) guard who was learning. He took forever to figure out what to do with our docs, had to ask for help numbers times and screwed up my VIN # 3 times. Lucky I checked because this could have cost much frustration trying to exit the country. Then we had to find a place to buy insurance for Colombia as it is required. Virtually nobody knew where to buy it. Found a nice couple, William and Rachel, on a bike and they had us follow them all over town to help us with our dilemma. Another guy helped all of us and finally after 2 more hours, we are able to leave with all paperwork in order. Rode to Pasto through a gorgeous valley and arrived in town. While waiting in traffic, another couple on a bike start talking to me. I ask him where a nice hotel/hostel might be and he, again, says follow me. Takes us to this great hotel, "La Maison" and the owner (Patrice) speaks english. Beautiful place, decorated in french traditional.
Hi Mark and Mike, I think we missed you by 1 day. We got to Guayaquil Jan 29. Where did you buy your Colombian insurance? We'll need to do the same. We also, had trouble finding the Ecuadorian Border and Aduana! I was watching your website for updates... but nothing! Glad to see it up to date! Lisa and Grif
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