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Just like with us you see large groups of trimming Colombians on racing bikes on Saturday and Sunday. In terms of bicycle and clothing, they do not collect from the Dutch image. There will always be a few who will drive past you to have a chat.\n\nOn Sundays, the inner cities are closed off for a number of hours and made available for cycling, skating, walking and dancing. This is used in large numbers.\n\nIn the cities there are bicycle shops with ditto workshops. You can have your bike repaired anywhere. In smaller towns this is often done impromptu, in the big cases in the big cities even professionally as in the Netherlands.\n\nThe roads are good, but some routes are busy with freight traffic. However, not as terribly busy as suggested in some weblogs. Good to do.\n\nThe country is mountainous in many places, point that out. Sometimes the distances are long. In the more populated areas you will often pass stalls where people serve the most delicious fruit juices with a big smile.\n\nEvery few days you will see a cycling American or Canadian crossing the continent from north to south or vice versa.","2021-05-18T10:57:11.000Z","ieMGYdJeX6ZyKgKeeGhMXPFZkax2",{"body":40,"updatedAt":41,"updatedBy":38},"Some nationalities can enter Colombia without a visa and can stay for 90 days.\n\nSource: [Wikipedia](https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FVisa_policy_of_Colombia).","2021-05-18T11:07:08.000Z",{"updatedAt":43,"updatedBy":38,"parts":44},"2021-05-18T11:20:59.000Z",{"formalCamping":45,"hostels":46,"wildCamping":47},"There are few or no campsites.","There is sleeping accommodation in almost every town, varying from hotel to guest house. Aaldrik and Sonya: \"There are also often small hotels at petrol stations. You can usually rent a good spacious double room for 5 to 15 euros. For this you get clean sheets, your own shower and toilet and usually cable TV! Colombia has to be the easiest land for finding a place to sleep. \"","Aaldrik and Sonya: \"In the mountains or the nature reserves you can safely camp (wild). You ask a farmer if you can pitch your tent and that is never a problem. We spent the night at a school's playground and were invited to delicious colombian coffee! \"",{"body":49,"updatedAt":50,"updatedBy":51,"parts":52},"Colombia is just as a safe country as other South American countries. You hear a lot of bad stories from other travelers about robberies. Colombia is just as safe as any other South American country, only the people are even more hospitable here than elsewhere. And more curious! In Cartagena you can feel free to drink rum and coke (or something else of course) until late at night on the local plazas and nothing will happen to you.\n\nThe idea of insecurity is still in the mind of many Colombians. When questioned, it usually turned out to be based on occurrences of around 2005 or earlier. The ex-president Uribe is widely praised for his achievements in promoting security. Incidentally, he scores significantly less on social items. However, in a number of suburbs of the big cities you see the same insecurity that you find in such cities elsewhere in the world.  \n\n“We have been sleeping peacefully for 4 years now” said a jugo (fruit juice) seller somewhere in the countryside. You do see a lot of police and soldiers (in terms of uniform and armament they look almost the same) on the street. Usually they are bored and they are very willing to show you the way or to chat with you. Once we meet a whole platoon of police officers who were \"on action\". They explained this to us in a friendly and cheerful manner. Two days later we read in the newspaper that there had been 2 clashes with the Farc in that area and that several tons of marijuana had been stolen.","2021-05-18T11:15:49.000Z","01dRgHcnFiTSprDGCEB4Jxq7iDH3",{"traffic":53,"criminality":54},"There is a lot of freight traffic on the main roads. And sometimes little space for the cyclist, no hard shoulder, but often a gutter where you can ride crookedly. Therefore, rather look for local roads, but they are sometimes in bad condition.\n\nIn Bogotá and in other larger and sometimes smaller cities, 'ciclovias' are often indicated here and there with a yellow bicycle sign. But they can sometimes end abruptly, be used as parking space for cars or walkers get in the way.","Martin: \"I was interviewed in Cali for the news because I had already cycled 2500 km without being robbed, kidnapped or murdered. That such a thing was possible had to be in the news. However, several robberies and even a murder happened around me. I got rolled into Bogota. The hotel in Bogota where I stayed the night before my arrival was armed robbed and the guests were robbed of all belongings. I myself was a day behind schedule because of the TV recording! In short, know what you do when you goes to Colombia. \"\n\nWilbert: \"When I had a lift to Bogota, the co-driver held a gun in his hand when entering the city to be able to shoot immediately in case of danger. I was advised not to drive to the dangerous center of the city and well before that. For fear of many hotels the door was not opened and they had no room for a stranger on a bicycle. Fortunately I could find a hotel room in the center. The streets were deserted and the atmosphere was very unsafe, but once inside a restaurant it was pleasantly busy. \"",{"body":56,"updatedAt":57,"updatedBy":51},"Meals in restaurants are usually tasty and inexpensive. Tap water is not reliable, but water is available everywhere. Tap water is drunk everywhere without purifying, this is not sensible but has not caused any problems.","2021-05-18T11:22:10.000Z",{"body":59,"updatedAt":60,"updatedBy":51},"Most people are surprised that you are cycling through this country on your own and almost everyone will warn you of the many dangers. Colombia has a bad reputation, but in reality it is probably safer than most American countries (including North America). Few people speak English, so you will need a little Spanish for a conversation.","2021-05-18T10:59:32.000Z",{"body":62,"updatedAt":63,"updatedBy":51},"**Best bike period**\n\nJanuary and February are very hot and dry in the northern lowlands.\n\nAverage temperature. Temperatures mainly depend on the altitude. In the plain in the north, 40c is no exception.  \n\n**Spare parts**\n\nThere are well-equipped bicycle shops with ditto workshops in the cities. You can have your bike repaired anywhere. In smaller towns this is often done impromptu, in the big cities bike repairers are of good quality. 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