This morning we pull our bikes out of the parking lot across the street from our hotel and ride up to the top of the only nearby hill to "Cerro la Popa". Mass amounts of buses were there ferrying people to and from this monument, Michael felt uncomfortable leaving our bikes unattended so we took a few pics and left. We had heard of a "Mac" store in Bocagrande and headed for it. Just as we arrived the the peninsula, police pulled us over and informed us that every 2nd Friday of the month, motorcycles were banned from the roads.... They let us turn around and take our bikes back to the parking lot. After that, we returned to our hotel and Michael as has not been feeling well. For about 3 weeks, he has been having stomach cramps and well you get the drift. We decided to take him to a hospital and have him checked out. They were really good and checked him out fairly quickly, but wanted to do some tests. They asked us to wait for the test diagnoses. To make a long story longer, we ended up spending over 6 hours at a Colombian hospital and Michael was given prescriptions for 3 or 4 things, plus instructions what to eat. Better coming from them than me. Needless to say he is on a bland diet for a week. While I was waiting for Michael, a guy sits beside me and has a "Care" card in his hand. Turns out Danny is from Vancouver and been riding Colombia for the past 4 months. While he is waiting for a tetanus shot because he was attacked by dogs on the beach, we had a great conversation and plan to meet up in Santa Marta. We are heading there tomorrow and he is thinking a few days from now.
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