HERE WE ARE! Bikes ready, bags stuffed aaaaand our stomachs well stuffed (as you know, Arthur and myself are both good eaters)!! Well, we performed very well and with a perfect style in Colombia!
But before talking about food - again!- let's share some words about the last busy weeks. Ow yes, busy, for we had some bikes to find and then customize to our trip! That was tough!!!
The 13th Street
No, we are not talking about the TV channel with Flashpoint, the Closer etc...
We talk about this street in Bogota, la calle 13, that we now know by heart, tienda by tienda, product by product. For to find the right accessories for our bikes - the right fenders, the right back racks, the strongest lights, the side stands, the bags... And all of this at a reasonable price - outch!! The last days, the sellers knew our names and story...!
There comes Juan Pablo, his engineer brain and his friend Mauricio, an amazing mechanic who manipulates metals like James Bond talks to women. So just to say that he does a great job.
Juan Pablo is crazy about bikes and, as a pure engineer, he is also able to... conceive one! Therefore, within one evening, he drew the first draft of our front racks.
By the way, the dog you see in the center, insuring the well-being of the whole process: we almost took her with us. Unfortunately, this street dog is old and even for a young sportive dog, more than 30 km per day - and many months long - it's really tough!! We will miss you B..ch!! (I let Arthur tell the name he nicely gave to this sweet-sweet dog...) But hey, that's life...
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The plans ready, it was time for us to leave Bogota. Which also meant that we left sweet Patricia! Patricia welcomed us one week long and even with her very, very (VERY!!) busy weeks, we had a lot of fun together.
She didn't convinced Arthur to learn how to dance, though... But boy: she tried!!
Sibate, the family Ruiz, Juan-Pablo and Mauricio
We then biked all together to Sibate, the city where Juan-Pablo's parents live... and brought the bikes and the plans of the racks to Mauricio.
By the way, the dog you see in the center, insuring the well-being of the whole process: we almost took her with us. Unfortunately, this street dog is old and even for a young sportive dog, more than 30 km per day - and many months long - it's really tough!! We will miss you B..ch!! (I let Arthur tell the name he nicely gave to this sweet-sweet dog...) But hey, that's life...
So, yes, we are ready!
Here Mauricio dedicating out front racks!!
Juan-Pablo, Mauricio: millions of THANKS for your help and professionalism!
Top 1 of the best effect ever...
... of living in altitude when you are not used to it!
You are hungry all day so you eat, you eat, you eat... and you loose weight!!
Looks tasty, right? And a lot! We confirm it and must add that - even better - we lost weight!
WOW! Wanna know how?
Explicación del especialista
Well, apparently, this phenomenon comes from the lack of oxygen - and I'm not talking about pollution this time... To compensate this lack of oxygen, our heart rate increases... to increase the amount of oxygen distributed in our blood. Which implies a much bigger need of red cells in our blood, to transport this oxygen. And here you go! Our organism works his butt of since we arrived in Bogota so even when we eat like pigs, we loose weight!
Some also say that altitude decreases your appetite. I can tell you, this is not our case... :-)
And when you realize that from Bogota (2580 m.), we'll go to Quito in Ecuador (2850 m.) and then to La Paz, in Bolivia (3660 m.). WE"RE GONNA EAT SO MUCH!!!!!!!
1. Breathing!
First we thought “Wow! The altitude has a such a strong effect on us! Breathing is sooooo hard!!"
Well, think again little tourist and:
- Watch the yellowish color of the sky during the day
- Watch the ultra dark color of the exhaust gas of the cars, the trunks, the buses
- Feel the very specific pain in your throat- Count the amount of time you coughed like a hard smoker...
Now you know, little tourist!
2. Becoming close to believers because we are still alive
“OK, let’s cross the round-about NOW - between the bancal bus driven by The Joker and the kind-of-car hidden by the exhaust gases of the trunck kind-of-driven by a kind-of-Shumacher fool.”
No. We won’t miss the so-called drivers of Bogota.
3. Enjoying the calm of the smallest ciudades and other pueblos, surrounded by nature.
Ow, about nature...
Out of Bogota, Colombia is very green. So beautiful!! What a blessing for the two happy bikers we are!!
Well... until you forget why the countryside is so green...!!
This may be the weather for tomorrow - ouhlala!! So we may bike 60 km under the rain... Yummy!!! Thankfully we go to lower altitude, which means warmer climate - and for those who followed, we should eat less. Mierda!
So think about us tomorrow! And be ready for the next post - we will talk more about this amazing family who welcomed us one full week in Sibate: Maria and Marcus Ruiz Lara! Ow, the father is a baker by the way, so it will be about food anyway ;-P
So think about us tomorrow! And be ready for the next post - we will talk more about this amazing family who welcomed us one full week in Sibate: Maria and Marcus Ruiz Lara! Ow, the father is a baker by the way, so it will be about food anyway ;-P
Cheers to you all and hope to read you soon!
The Duntchies team
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