MC ride to Lago Calima

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I went back to lovely Family Quiros and got fed (rice and coke and lemon because I couldn't eat anything else... hahah) and had a nice night's sleep and felt surrounded by nice people.

The day after Paola, Marcela's sister, and two of her friends, Andres and Jose, decided to take me to Lago Calima, one of the best kitesurfing spots in Colombia.

We started quite early in the day, packing the motorbikes full of camping gear (and really, I have never seen motorbikes with that much packing). On the way we passed by Buga and the cathedral, having a fresh fruit juice on the main square and then lunch with Paola's family. }
Then finally we continued up into the mountains and on to the small road that goes around the huge manmade lake of Calima.

Riding a motorbike in South America is nothing like riding it in Europe. There are holes in the road everywhere and the bikes pass trucks and cars and buses on both sides and nothing is foreseeable. I was offered to drive, but, haha, that would not have been a good idea, I think... hehehe

Lago Calima is enormous and very beautiful, surrounded by mountains. The wind is almost contstant during the year and at one end of the lake, there is a power plant. During the week-ends it is supposed to be bustling with people from Cali, but as we were there in the middle of the week, we had the place almost to ourselves.

Arrived at the lake, we decided that it was more important, and more fun, to have a jetski tour before deciding on a tent place and planting the tent. Thereafter we went on a horseback ride in the dusk, before lighting the fire and having some nice grilled marshmallows. Mmmm.
Very nice and memorable excursion. Thank you, friends!

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