November 12, 2016 I flew from Portland, Oregon to Salt Lake City, Utah. The next day I flew to Quito, Ecuador. I then cycled to a little north of Pasto, Colombia. From there I took a bus to Popayan, Colombia. The following day I took a bus to San Agustin, Colombia and visit the Archeological sites for a couple of day. Then I cycled and took buses to Santa Fe, Colombia. Then I took a bus to Turbo, Columbia. Turbo is where the Pan American highway picks up at the southern end of the Darien Gap. From there I took buses to Santa Marta, Colombia and visited the mountain town of Minca, Colombia. Then I took a bus to Cartagena, Colombia. On December 03, 2016 I flew back to Portland, Oregon from Cartagena, Colombia. In total I cycled 527.6 miles and covered a little over 1300 miles in buses through Ecuador and Colombia in 20 days.
June 2, 2017 I flew from Portland, Oregon to Panama City, Panama. This was not a bike trip, just a fill in the Gap trip, the Darian Gap! The trip started by taking a 4 wheel drive to Carti, Panama. Then I went with the San Blas Adventure group on an outboard motor boat for three days through the San Blas islands. We stayed in Hammocks in Kuna Indian villages. The tour officially ended in Sapzurro, Colombia and we took another outboard motor boat to Capurgana, Colombia. From there I hiked to La Miel, Panama and then back to Capurgana, Colombia. I completed this trip by taking a boat to Necocli, Colombia and then a bus from there to Medellin, Colombia. On June 13, 2017 I flew back to Portland, Oregon from Medellin, Colombia.
