Marzo 20 / 2019 /
Dia 5
Espinal – Rio Neiva
/ Colombia
Iniciamos nuestro día con rumbo al Desierto De La
Tatacoa, poco a poco nos fuimos acercando por una buena carretera que nos comunicó
con otra vía en muy mal estado, tratamos varias veces de tomar esta vía, pero
fue imposible, en uno de estos intentos uno de los espejos de Twiggy se rompió.
Desistimos de poder conocer este maravilloso sitio de
Colombia, nuestro vehículo no tiene la suficiente fuerza para entrar hasta el
desierto. Adicional a esto tenemos poco tiempo David tiene ya bastantes días en
Colombia y necesita salir antes de que su visa se le venza.
Continuamos rumbo a Neiva, una carretera en buen
estado, un poco caliente y nos sorprendió que esta vía estaba muy sola.
Nuestra primera reparación de Twiggy, después de pasar
por Neiva buscamos algún taller donde nos pudieran soldaran el espejo y
reforzaran las bisagras de las puestas, ya que con tanta vibración se van
desajustando un poco. Paramos en
Palermo, Huila, lleno de personas serviciales y amables. Después de reparar
todo continuamos a buscar donde dormir esta noche.
Otra vez hotel al lado de la carretera en Rio Neiva,
pero lo más increíble que el hotel este full.
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We started our day
heading for the Desierto De La Tatacoa, initially the road was great but bit by
bit it deteriorated into a very poor condition. Very muddy and at one point we
lost control and slid into a fence post breaking one of Twiggy´s mirror supports. We tried for half an hour or so to make
progress but eventually realised that in order to be kind to our wheels it
would be better to bite the bullet and admit defeat. Oh for a vehicle with 2 big wheels and lots
of power.
We would have to
visit the desert on our way back up the continent in a couple of years. In
addition to wanting to spare Twiggy, David only had a few days left in Colombia
before his visa expired and we needed to make progress.
We continued south
to Neiva on a road in good condition, a little hot and we were surprised how
little traffic there was. In Neiva Twiggy
had her first repair. We found a one man workshop where the mirror support was
welded and he reinforced the door hinges which had suffered due to the vibration.
We continued and stopped in Palermo, Huila, full of helpful and friendly people
so we looked for a place to spend the night.
Another small hotel next to the road in Rio Neiva, but the most
incredible thing was that we had the last room.
Why so full?
We soon found out!
A few kilometers down the road was Obo where the road had been blocked by
indigenous people fighting for their land rights. They were closing the road for at least 15
days, but it would reopen each day from 0700-0900. We would get to bed early, get up at the crack
o sparrows to make sure that we had a decent position in the queue and guarantee that we could get through before it closed at 0900.
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