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27 July 2022
Getting to Zipaquira I woke around 0600 and let Kim sleep till around 0700. I had needed half a sleeping pill to take me through the night. Kim was feeling decidedly off-colour again and I gave him the option of neither one of us going to the Salt Cathedral about 90 mins away. He felt […]
27 July 2022
Getting started I woke around 0630. With the time difference with Europe, I should have been raring to go. I was good but a little sluggish. I was wary of the fact that Kim had come from the opposite time zone from me and would be slow in the morning. I worked away on my […]
25 July 2022
Getting to Madrid With a 0920 departure from Santiago de Compostela to Madrid and connection to Bogota, I had to wake at 0540. I left the room at 0610 for the walk to the bus stop, which I had located yesterday. The streets were somewhat busy with people who had been out partying. The taxi […]
24 July 2022
Galician National Day & Feast of St James Today ended up like a spare day, one of relaxation, preparation and documentation, reviewing and deleting photos. After spending the morning indoors I wandered out for a walk and lunch. Last night an octopus salad had caught my eye so I was keen to have it. It turned […]
23 July 2022
Moving to Santiago de Compostela It was a late start today with the bus ride to Santiago de Compostela, in the Galicia region, at 1000. The ride took us through the coastal area with some inlets before turning inland. There was a ridge with wind farms on the roadside and I could feel the bus […]
22 July 2022
I took the 0830 bus from Santander to Oviedo in Asturias today. The waiting underground station at Santander was not glassed-in from the waiting buses and I imagine it would be rather unpleasant during peak hours. Think carbon monoxide poisoning? The bus arrived from Barcelona and we boarded for Oviedo soon after, with a new […]
21 July 2022
Despite my regular alarm time of 0600, I slept till nearly 0800. I had done too much in the last 2 weeks and it was catching up on me. I spent some time with admin in my room before taking a bus around 1000 to the beaches to the east of the city. The buses […]
20 July 2022
It was a rainy morning walking to San Sebastian’s bus station for the 0840 departure. I had a rushed breakfast of a good sandwich roll at the station before hopping on the bus which left 10 mins late. We called in at Bilbao’s station before continuing to Santander in the Cantabria region, arriving at 1145 […]
19 July 2022
Leaving Bilbao My tummy felt unwell around 0400. With the interruption to my sleep, I had an extra lie in till around 0730 today. I attribute my tummy troubles to the pinchos yesterday evening. Bar snacks like that sitting in the cabinet for many hours on a warm day isn’t the safest food. Especially the […]
18 July 2022
Leaving Geneva Today I leave Switzerland for Spain as it is a good stepping stone towards Colombia where I’m ultimately headed. I was lucky enough to get a cheap flight to Bilbao with Easyjet Switzerland, where I’ll then slowly make my way to the west to catch my flights to Colombia. I woke up refreshed […]