Colombia
September
2, 2012 - We made our way to Salento from Medellin. The ride
from Medellin was amazing. We rode along a ridge for hours,
dotted by small villages, strung together by an excellent road.
In Salento we ended up in a small family run hotel. The entire inside of the place was wood or wood paneled and the house sighed under every move. We stayed for two nights and relaxed as there was little to do but walk around and take pictures of windows and door frames. Every window and door frame in the town had a different pattern.
I took the opportunity to shoot a whole series for my budding stock photography career and all got accepted. Earlier, I'd had some back and forth with my friend Paul (who is a far better photographer than I am) and he mercilessly trashed every picture I put forward for review. Some navel gazing and experimenting is resulting in much better pictures now.
We also ran into a few other overlanders here.
The French/Portuguese couple we met bought this camper from another French couple in San Francisco on a whim. They are planning on driving it down to Ushuaia.
Another character was traveling north from Argentina with plans to cross Canada and then hop over to Europe.
A view of downtown Salento.
The town is surrounded by beautiful hillsides.
Here is another of the many door and window frames that now form part of my collection.
From Salento we moved on to Popayan, giving Cali a miss.