The trip from Popayan there was one of the more "intense" rides of the trip so far. Since arriving to Colombia I have been told that this was one of the more dangerous sections of Colombia. Normally I take this with a grain of salt, because I normally hear it from 1 or 2 people. But in this case virtually everyone from all walks of life that knew that I was going to be traveling this way advised to be careful.
The immediate difference I saw was that were hordes of beggars on the road down. Some beggars had masks of the Grim Reaper, there were kids in drag, and old women on the side of the road that looked like characters of the twilight zone. To add to the freakiness of it most of the beggars had ropes that would extend from one of the road to the other that they would pull up when cars would come by to create a pseudo road block . To avoid having to stop I just kept my momentum up and hoped that they would NOT pull the rope. They did NOT thank God.
Outside of the freakiness the ride was beautiful and I got to see once again some amazing scenery. Plus arriving and getting to see Sactuario de los Lajas was simply spectacular.
12.15.10 Sactuario de los lajas
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