Day 76

Odometer  32,052 – 32,062 —-  10  Miles (9362 Miles Total)

Cartagena, Colombia

I extended my stay one more day here since I didn’t get to see too much of Carta the last few days with how busy I’ve been. I slept in a bit this morning and went right to Crossfit for the 10Am class. It was supposed to be a group class but then they asked me if I could do it alone because no one else showed up. I did my warm up and they were about to start the clock for me but then asked me if I could wait for someone else to warm up and get on the clock too so I waited another 5 minutes. Right when he was done another person showed up. it’s funny how not on time anyone ever is down here! hah. Good thing I wasn’t in a rush. These people are absolutely fucking brutal. I couldn’t even finish the workout with the heat and how bad my quads hurt from the Saturday class. I was absolutely burnt out. I tried my best and collapsed at the end. I went to the hostel and slipped right into the pool to cool off.

I took a shower and went out into the city for a huge breakfast. Once I was stuffed I went for a walk to the cafe on the other side of the city to get that caramel volcano chocolate cake I got with the girls the other day. Jesus christ i’m going to miss this thing once I leave it was so good. I must have sweated out a liter of water between walking for breakfast and dessert. I got back to the hostel and I decided it was time to change the oil on my bike. I was doing it 1500 miles sooner than I needed to but since my coolant boiled in Guatemala I wasn’t sure if it damaged the oil at all so I was going to change it. I found some old big water bottles in the trash and I got lucky with all of that to make the oil change easier. I got it all done in about 25 minutes in front of the hostel while melting in the sun. I was hauling this oil around since Panama so I was happy to get the weight out of my bike as well.

Once I did that and cooled off I decided to just lay in the hammock at the hostel and try to nap. I was exhausted from the gym and not being able to escape the heat all day. My body needed to rest. I laid in the hammock for a few hours and then decided I would go out for lunch. First I went out to try to book some salsa classes for the night but after walking around for an hour and going to three different locations since they moved a few times I found out they were closed. Bummer. I went back to the street area with two large cups of lime and mandarin juice from a street cart. I went into the old city to walk around and take pictures and then walked back for another arepa with more juice and I went back to the hostel. I worked on the blog for a bit and did the whole picture thing.

I went back out to the center for some more food, ice cream and snacks and just hung out alone for a while. I’m ready to meet some fun people and stick with them for a few days. I’m getting a bit bored. I made the decision to leave in the morning to go to Medellin. My GPS said it was going to be a 13 hour ride. Ugh this is going to suck. At least I had a few days to just chill out and not ride so I’ll be ready for this long ride. I’m calling it a night early so I can get up early to make it to Medellin.