This day we start early in the morning with a car transfer to avoid the traffic leaving the city of Bogotá. We begin in Alban and embark on a challenging ride to our next destination, Honda, a beautiful heritage town named after the Ondaimas, the indigenous people who inhabited the banks of the Magdalena River. Honda is known as the "City of Peace" as it escaped much of the violence of the 1950s. We finish biking at the hotel, after refreshing ourselves with a delicious tropical juice.

A ride around Honda where we train our technical skills on the bike and prepare ourselves for the big challenge awaiting us the next day. Then, we return to the hotel to refresh ourselves in the pool and enjoy lunch. In the afternoon, we'll have a technical talk with some tips for climbing Letras, the main challenge of this trip.

The great challenge! We're going to climb the longest ascent in the world. Don't worry about hydration, we've got granola, bananas, and sports nutrition covered. Our support vehicle, guides, and accompanying staff will be ready to assist you. The effort, the sweat, and the suffering will be rewarded by the incredible landscapes, the little towns along the way, the smells, the vegetation, and much more. Then, recover in the thermal waters of the hotel where you'll have the opportunity to celebrate your great achievement.

We take a short car transfer from Manizales and begin to explore the regions of Caldas and Antioquia. We start with a good Colombian coffee and head to a colonial town, a replica of a "pueblo paisa" that was built as if time had frozen during the settlements in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Houses with wooden balconies and windows painted in bright colors adorn the cobbled streets leading to the main square.

Rest in the cozy and comfortable house and enjoy the best of Colombia.

We left Jericó by bike and ended our last ride with a very good challenge.

We shower at a country road hotel, have lunch, and transfer by car to Medellín, where we finish the trip.

Cheers! You have roden in Colombia!