Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Day 4 - Gigante to Pitalito

Today was not my best day. I had some heat exhaustion and it was hard to get food down.  Meanwhile other things were coming out.

We had some pastries and coffee in Gigante and I could not swallow the bread.  We started riding and by the time we got to Garzon I was done and out of gas.  Some amazingly good scrambled eggs could not restore me.
At this point the boys stuck me on a bus.  I was packed in and just way too big for the row.  My knees got crushed by the chair ahead.  I also could not see out of the window as the top of the window was below my chin.  Bouncing around I fell asleep and I seemed to need that.
In Pitalito I got a hotel, showered, rested and waited for the guys.

Pitalito is a lot more upscale than I expected.  It is pretty nice.  It is the largest coffee producer in Colombia.  It was a pleasant 80 degrees and sunny.  

We made a trip to the Specialized bike shop.  I needed new shorts and gloves.  Mike and Andy got their bikes tuned and cleaned. Mike got a new tire.

For dinner we walked around and ended up this odd place.  The waiter was pushing the sushi but we stayed away from that.

1 comment:

  1. What was the odd place you ended up having dinner? you made me curious about it... like maybe a bit more of description or a missing pic? just wondering. Sorry that you have had this bad day, I'm mean as a fellow cyclist although maybe not as experienced as you, I understand how it feels but also good to be able to understand yourself, like self-compassion, you know and figure a way out of the inconvenient.

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