{"id":159,"date":"2016-12-30T04:15:21","date_gmt":"2016-12-30T04:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/?p=159"},"modified":"2017-04-06T06:28:17","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T05:28:17","slug":"roads-that-arent-roads-and-travelling-slower-than-a-legless-tortoise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/?p=159","title":{"rendered":"Roads that aren&#8217;t roads and now travelling slower than a legless tortoise&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dragged ourselves \u00a0away from Villa de Leyva and headed for San Gil via the backest of back roads.<\/p>\n<p>Day 1 to Gambita was a mixture of stunning scenery, interesting flora and fauna, friendly police, torrential rain, rough roads and riding into town in the dark to a &#8220;swanky&#8221; hotel with out the swank i.e. no hot water!<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-159-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000421.m4v?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000421.m4v\">http:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000421.m4v<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-141 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000447.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000447.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000447-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000447-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-139 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000417-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000417-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000417-1-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000417-1-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Day 2 was something else! We literally travelled 20km in 26 hours! We&#8217;d had trouble getting the gps to route us on a road that we knew to exist &#8211; it didn&#8217;t take long to find out why the GPS had more brains than us.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;road&#8221; was really just a boulder strewn track hardly suitable for horses let alone two exhausted gringos on bicycles; 900m of climbing, 450m of descent, two broken spokes and a buggered rear derailleur. This is really remote country. We saw a couple of local trucks early on ( got invited to go fishing! ) and that was it.<\/p>\n<p>After 8 hours of slog and 16km covered, we came across a basic shelter with a couple of people outside (turned out that they were from a nearby Dhaoist community) who said we could camp by their shelter.<\/p>\n<p>Day 3. Struggled along with broken bike on a really broken road. Mainly pushing covering 4km in 3.5 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually reached a better road where we hitched a lift in a truck with our hero Rodolfo and his mate who took us to San Gil where we made repairs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-148 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000473.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000473.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000473-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000473-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-147 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000468.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000468.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000468-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000468-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-143 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000456.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000456.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000456-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000456-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-160 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000464.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000464.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000464-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000464-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-142 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000449.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000449.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000449-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000449-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-145 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000461.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000461.jpg 480w, https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000461-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000461-203x270.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-144 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000457.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000457.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000457-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000457-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Camped at the &#8220;community&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-150 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000481.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000481.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000481-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000481-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-149 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000479.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000479.jpg 480w, https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000479-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000479-203x270.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-151 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000486.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000486.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000486-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000486-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Crossing foot-suspension bridge &#8211; new bridge not built, river too deep to ford.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-152 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000493.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000493.jpg 480w, https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000493-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000493-203x270.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Our hero Rodolfo coming to the rescue!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-153 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000498.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000498.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000498-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000498-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The expression says it all!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-154 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000500.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000500-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000500-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Still had great views from the truck!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-146 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000467.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000467.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000467-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/P1000467-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dragged ourselves \u00a0away from Villa de Leyva and headed for San Gil via the backest of back roads. 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We&#8217;d had trouble getting the gps to route us&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/?p=159\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[5,7,8,6],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=159"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159\/revisions\/162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thealexandertechnique.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}