In some ways, this seemed to be a very strange day, as it was only a 169 km, which were well done by lunch time with only one short stop for fuel and a coffee.
Villa de Leyva is a small town of 25,000 people, on the way from Bagota to Cartagena. In fact to travel from one city to the other could be achieved on a motorcycle comfortably in two days, but we are taking four, to visit some interesting places. Kevin of course is delivering Jeff's bike from Equador after Jeff went back to Tokyo, and Kevin is already in Colombia. Villa de Leyva was initiated by Spanish explorer Diaz in 1504 and the main square looks like it has not changed one little bit over the last 500 years, other than a coat of paint and a few glass windows!
In fact the main square is quite simple and fully paved with irregular cobble stones, which made for some intersting riding into town, but otherwise along excellent roads, with few potholes. We have been warned that it may be very challenging tomorrow over a double distance and include some very poor surfaces. We will see.
We had a big lunch together, where I had a very fine piece of pork belly, but it really was too much for me, so I will need to watch out. The others looked very tired today, as the travel and distances are generally getting to them. Sheryle and I seem to be doing better than average overall in the health and fitness stakes. We then went for a fair walk around the town, and visited two churches and the main square. I drew some extra money from the Bancolombia ATM.
The place we are staying is like a small boutique hotel called Casa Terra and is very nice and stylish in the neuvo Spanish style, with lots of tiles and arches plus assorted fountains and olive trees!
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