This was an interesting journey to say the least. We left Jardin at 8am on a very old bus and spent the next 4 hours driving through beautiful scenery but over very bumpy country roads. We stopped briefly for the use of toilets at what seemed like a little farm.

It was a quick turnaround in Riosucio with just enough time to buy tickets for the next bus to Pereira. This second bus was much more comfortable and the roads much smoother but a couple of hours into the journey we got stuck in a massive traffic jam – which seemed to go on forever (about an hour), i think some bridge was down. And with no aircon it was quite hot and sticky. However, the local entertainment kicked in with a couple of buskers jumping on the bus and singing to us.

The transfer at Pereira went smoothly and I chatted with two brothers from Buffalo, NY over a beer. This last bus journey to Salento.took about an hour, so all in all I was travelling for around 11 hours today.

I booked into my hostel and I seem to have a whole 5 bed dorm to myself. I met up with Bob and Peter again and we had some delicious trout for dinner and a nice long chat over some Colombian coffee – mine had some amoretto in it.

Weather was a mixture of sunshine and showers.