Colombia Motorcycle Travel: Low-Budget, Stunning and Mostly Undiscovered

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4.9 • 915 Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2022

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Not too long ago the city of Medellin, Colombia was considered the most dangerous city in the world, and the whole country of Colombia was known as the murder capital of the world. With such a dark reputation, why would anyone consider exploring Colombia by motorcycle? Jeff Cremer and Alan Churchill, the authors of a book all about motorcycle travel in Colombia, are here to tell us all the reasons you should consider putting Colombia on your list of motorcycle trip destinations. If you've enjoyed this episode please consider supporting this show by going to adventureriderradio.com/support and also by checking out our sponsors. Follow Adventure Rider Radio: Facebook: AdventureRiderRadio Instagram: @adventureriderradio Twitter: @ADVRiderRadio For more on this episode see the show notes at Adventure Rider Radio.

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0:00.0	Not two decades ago the city of Metahine Columbia was considered the most dangerous city in the world.
0:07.0	Columbia, the country, had its own reputation as the murder capital of the world.
0:12.0	So with a reputation like that, why would anyone consider exploring
0:15.9	Columbia by motorcycle? Well, since that dark period in Columbia's history, not 20 years ago,
0:21.6	quite a lot has changed and some has not, which gives you two great reasons to consider
0:26.8	Colombia. Pablo Escobar, the world's richest criminal, which I'm sure you've heard of or maybe
0:31.2	saw a Netflix documentary about,
0:33.0	once the King of Medaheen is gone, he's dead.
0:36.2	And so is his Medaheen Drug Cartel and all the atrocities associated with what he was doing.
0:41.0	But because of those years of trouble and that scary reputation, that's tough to kick.
0:46.0	So Columbia has remained relatively unexplored, or maybe I should say relatively uninvaded by
0:52.4	modern tourists, and that is another great reason to consider riding
0:56.6	Colombia.
0:57.6	You know there's a saying that goes kind of like this.
1:00.5	If you want the best Caribbean beaches, go to the Bahamas. If you want the best Caribbean beaches go to the Bahamas.
1:03.5	If you want the best Amazon, go to Peru.
1:06.5	If you want the most amazing Andes, go to Brazil.
1:09.5	But if you want them all in one place, go to Columbia.
1:13.8	I'm Jim Martin, this is Adventure Rider Radio.
1:16.0	Stay with us, we got a good one for you.
1:17.8	I'm Simonica. I'm Sam Mannequin
1:24.3	Simon, Simon, baby, Bouder do.
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