..partied as hard as never.. :P

phew... finally I got time (and energy) to update my blog.. tons of things happened in the last days and before this day ends, it shall be all added here ;)

first of all.. the ride out of Villa de Leyva was really nice! a bit cloudy in the beginning and freezing along the way, but then changing to blue sky and and warm weather. I haven´t used my map in a while.. there are street signs and not that many roads to get lost (and can always ask people ;)

on the way to Bogota, I stopped at the Salt Cathedral to check it out. The name is very misleading, as it sounds it would be a Cathedral built of Salt, but it are actually tunnels in a Salt mine with some crosses and biblical statues.. I would call the place "Mines of Moria" and put a Gandalf fighting with a Balrog in it.. it would be a hundred times more awesome ;) hehe ;) but was impressed to walk around in these HUUUGE chambers and corridors, up and down stairs, being 170m below the surface. They even show you a sweet 3D-Movie and you can pickax your own salt ;) ..I was quite licking some stone and walls down there, being fascinated of the 85% pure salt stone :) ..just got a bit worried in the end, if it might be raining outside (bike in the open), but instead it was sunnier than before :D
continued into Bogota, found the BWM store and left my bike there.. had to wait tough 1.5hours because the guy had other customers.. having had a very empty stomach, this cost a bit to me :P but then finally.. after some coffees, all done and getting a courtesy ride to the city center.

then the chapter Bogota.. I normally don´t write about parties (it´s just too private and anyway, only my mom and few friends read this ;) hehe ;) but for the whole weekend just consisted out of partying and sleeping, I should write it down here ;) hehe ;) was tough very hard on my body and just today felt recovered from the hard work of going out Thursday, Friday and Saturday ;)
so first of all.. got some ideas about selling my bike down in Argentina.. it will NOT be possible in Brazil, so I think my roadtrip might end in Buenos Aires. There´s a internet page of bike travelers and I will put it online there early enough. Met actually another young guy who rides his 650 up to ?? but started in Argentina and made the part, that I´m still missing :) looking forward to it!!! :D haha :D

then about going out in Bogota.. I´ve NEVER spent that much money going out.. but for making part of the very high society (people who can buy a bottle of licor for 90USD (the same people whose girlfriends get a boob job being 18 years old ;) so I couldn´t tell you exactly how it came that it was soooo incredibly expensive, but I spent probably 700USD in 3 days :P
well.. now I´m living cheap again.. you get a nice room in a good hotel here (outside of big towns) for 15 USD and can eat tasty food for 5 USD.. so some people would live a month of what I squandered in such a short time ;)
there was a lot, but a very lot of drinking involved and well.. partying until forever ;) hehe ;) So I left on Thursday to the Zona Rosa, where most of the big clubs are. Found some nice electronic music and was contact juggling until 3am, when the place closed (by law). But then another place called Ibiza around the corner opened, where they let you in if you buy half a liter of Whisky for 50 USD. For being the only place open and me still in the mood of partying, I ended up there and talked to one of the girls attending the customers (there were not a lot of people there, but still electronic music ;) --> to mention: most of all they play "Crossover" what is a wild mix of stuff that I don´t like ;))
so when this place closed I went with this girl and her brother to another place that opens until ?? (at least noon Friday.. or actually.. somebody told me, it´s open from Thursday midnight to Sunday midnight.. could be true, because I´ve never seen it closing ;) hehe ;) must go together with some payments to the police.. but whatever.. it´s the after-after-pary-place ;) so we where there until ?? and ended up resting for a while in a Motel place and I just made it back at 14pm to my Hostal to get a bit of rest (was sooo fucked up!). Got up at 7pm, eat some BBQ and then from 9pm to 11pm I had to rest again because still everything floating :P
going out at 11pm to have a mellow night and ended up in the same club with electronic music (there was no alternative and I really like it, exept for 7USD-beers :((( got a free entry for having good Karma ;) then at 3am when they closed, I went with some friends (one is DJ) to another club called Radio Berlin, where also electronic music and open until 6 or 7am. Got in for free with my friend and had good times too ;) hehe :) went back to the Hostal, slept from 11am to 6pm with some wake-ups and left with friends to eat a Sandwich and get some money (don´t have any more money with you than you want to spend!! ;) ..I got about 1 meal in 24hrs and more booze than (I thought) a human being can process ;) drinking Gatorade to hydrate again and going out early.. around 9pm to the Zona Rosa again (after I checked other places that were closed or didn´t have any even this week-end). Rode quite some taxi, for it´s a big city and I wouldn´t go out with my bike.. yeah.. totally missed to check for my bike, missed out a lot of things ;)
so getting in again for free in three different clubs (dude.. I made some friends in few days ;) and partied, partied, partied.. more than you could ever imagine!!! Bogota is the party-heart of Colombia and I thought, I need a break after Bucaramanga ;) until 3am in the same club, then to the club where I met this girl on Thursday.. another very long time (and very good party) and from there to the after party that never stops.. until about 3pm in the afternoon Sunday.. then we got a Motel and slept for about 16hrs!!! haha ;) super, super crazy!! but yes.. I´m glad to have lived all this. Now.. I´m a bit more relaxing and I would not want to spend that much money in so few days again, neither being so hard on my body (dude, this was pretty devastating!)

..to be continued..

..continuation..

..but there is of course way more than I want to post here (I'm glad my Mom just read the part above, while sometimes she is three blogs behind but not this time ;)

the story with the BMW-center.. well.. I couldn't reach the guy at the shop, so I was surprised when everything was done on Monday. Went there to pick up most of my stuff, load the bike and make it to some Hotel not too expensive to spend a last night in town.
first of all.. it was never that clean and that shiny!! incredible!!! don't know what the guys did (probably cleant it with toothbrush ;) but it looks way better being waxed and polished! :D they fixed somewhat the button to start it (almost didn't start anymore.. and now it's way better again). There was some maneuverability issue and seems to be better (today got a little "jam" again) but all in all, it rolls just fine and makes a beautiful noise, sweet to listen to! :D
changed the back tyre and checked some stuff for me.. very good work and all in all 110USD :) 40USD were 6 lamps for display illumination (it's just a small thing, but nice to have in tunnels). So can't complain about that.. just.. when I drove it about 15 minutes.. it died!!!! never happened before.. just stopped and was impossible to start again :((((( was a little bit stressed at this point and then quite more stressed :P ..but well.. a call and they sent a pickup to get my bike. Just took 15 minutes and bike was back on the way to the shop. I ended up then, because I looked for a place not too far away, in the redlight district and got offered two live-fuck-show-flyers when just walking down one block ;) hehe ;) a place where you don't want to walk around alone at night.. and well, always wanted to see that, but lived by far enough crazyness for the moment, so I had a very relaxing night with watching TV and going to the movies before with my friend Marly. we went for Resident Evil 3D and this movie is just THE SHIT!!! in 3D one of the most thrilling experiences I've ever had in a Movie-Theater! :D haha :) Zombie-Splatter and a storyline that goes under my tongue!! :D ahhh.. what a beautiful peace of Art!!
..so then the issue with my bike was, that because of disconnecting the electronic unit of the display, it messed up with the electronic of the motor (thank you BMW). Then the evening before they told me, they could start it easily and didn't find anything.. that's the worst!! if you have sporadic errors whose source can't be found!!!! but anyway.. then the next day they knew more and explained it to me and see.. no problems since then! :) (imagine having a technical problem that only can be solved by BMW in Bogota and you're just 500km away from there :P

hmm.. so I made it out of town on Thursday noon (lost some more hours and spent the night in the dirtiest hole of the town :P ..Marly stayed over night, but this time it was just sleeping in each others arms, for my part just enough.. could not really share a lot of love with somebody else after Myle. Probably takes some more time.. (what doesn't mean that flings are a bad thing ;)
took me an hour to get out of that town!! never ends and a lot of traffic!! the landscape tough turns quickly into something very beautiful and was a blue and sunny day with just some Cumulus in the far (now I know their names again ;). Problem was that soon I hit these Cumulus for driving up in the mountains.. :/ got a bit freezy and foggy, as the clouds were swept over the road (looks pretty cool! :) and made it over the top and down on the other edge, where it gets warmer and you get a pretty look down into the canyons that went all over the place :) have no pictures of my last two days.. should make some before leaving this place called "Armenia" :) again: pictures would not give back what I experience by riding through this magical country! but at least giving you an impression. I'm sure, Switzerland has as well many of such beautiful and magical places to offer, but we tend to appreciate more when far away ;) hehe :)

so it took me about 6 hours to get to a small town in the mountains (where sunlight vanishes quickly), where I got a cozy room with TV and private bath for 10 USD (payed a 3 USD upgrade for a hot shower version ;) and got some streetfood and watched TV and relaxed (finally!!) just mellow, no more input.. just processing ;)
on the way there I realized that passing cars in this roads don't really matter.. it's just dangerous! seems more a hobby and entertainment than saving you time.. after 45 minutes on the road (everybody passing me for driving slowely), I got them ALL at a stop at a construction site, where I just passed by on the side when there was no incoming traffic ;) that's the way to get the pole position! :) then still this morning, I climbed my way ahead to not be behind slow trucks, that are slower than my first gear! :P had a great (and still safe) ride! :) over more mountains, into some more clouds, but heated handle bars and closed jacked prevented most of it :) was just riding a little bit today.. the place Armenia is very close to where I started (especially compared to the ride of yesterday ;)
lately.. since I got the new helmet and with my again-working Ipod headphones, I can listen music while riding without having my ears in pain ;) hehe ;) I totally like it!! totally like Psy-Trance! and it's just awesome to fly through these worlds, listening to some pumping beatZ! ;)
here I got my panniers fixed (another 20 USD invested.. I hope I don't fall soon.. they are still in bad shape since many thousand Km ago.. so I should be able to prevent their shape until all the way down.. feeling saver and saver on that lil' dragon! ;) and got something organized to Paraglide tomorrow.. let's see how's the day, the conditions.. will still be around 50 USD to rent equipment, but hey.. if I can fly in this site by organizing it on my own, it's a new Milestone!! :D then let's see.. option 1: end early for some reason and head for the hot springs for a night and then to Cali. Version 2: flying for too long, stay another night here and go to Cali the day after from Armenia.
today I made a little tour to Salento.. just 35 minutes away and BEAUTIFULLY sited!!! it lies on a crest, overlooking a nice little town (damn, and I forgot my camera :P and on the other side you look down into a 300m large valley that has been a stream once (today just a little river with lots of rocks inside.. makes it look really beautiful with all the white rapids :) and the valley flat with soft green fields and trees.. in the sunlight shining in eye-feeding tones!! just so damn pretty!!! :D the crest on the other side has many side arms, as veins coming towards the river, being soft green and having trees in the deeper levels.. yeah.. too bad, no pictures of the scene! :(
met lot's of nice people (they don't see travelers like me every day ;) and played some jaw-harp, refreshing my skills. and then.. just before this blog, I finally took my double-sticks and my rope-dart in my hands and made some fancy excercises ;) good to move your body! ..being in Solento, I could see the rain in the far over Armenia, but just was at the right spot for the right time.. stayed dry and had a fun ride back into town! :) the place here is not too big, not too small.. really like it!! if not for the sake to be on Friday and Saturday in Cali to make one more last time party here in Colombia, then I'd stay more I guess :)

well.. that's probably it.. too bad, things go through my head and finally their lost when I'm in the point of writing my blog. As the experience changes over time and things are written sometimes completely different, because just one day passed (but well.. then maybe it had to be filtered in a certain way).
so yes.. the epic trip continues! it's mostly warm and sunny and the landscape is STUNNING!!! :D good to ride a bike! ;)

you too may have a great time out there!! be blessed and take care! :)