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Some days weren’t just a challenge for the physical condition of the participants, but also for the condition of the old-timers. Thankfully everyone remains healthy and everything is going on schedule.
Sunday 1 January was the day that a large number of the Panamericana participants visited one of the projects of the HoPe foundation.
Colombia is without a doubt the most beautiful country of this journey. Ecuador is stunning too, but in a sweet way. Here, the salsa just pours from everyone’s pores.
It’s incredible; this place is a feast for my depraved senses. The last hours before Ecuador the landscape was already turning greener and we were going uphill quite a bit. The shades of green that appeared before me were overwhelming.
Today’s trip was breathtaking (and not because of the thin air). Stunning mountain passes and plateaus. We also saw a lot of wild animals. At 4300 metres altitude at a mountain lake we saw flamingos, we didn’t expect to see those there.
We ended up in a traffic chaos that you had to smile your way through. We’d lost 2 cars within 5 minutes. The trick is to keep driving and hope that others stop. They usually do, about 5 centimetres from your bumper.