Into Colombia

First taste of traveling during COVID

We (3 from the hostel and I) took a cab from the hostel to the bus station to catch the 12PM bus to Tulcan, a small town on the border of Ecuador and Colombia. We arrived at Tuclan at 5PM and then we took a short cab ride to the border.

On the Ecuadorian side, there were already preliminary COVID procedures: we had to fill out a form and a nurse did a temperature check. I remember thinking this was an overreaction... Boy was I wrong!

After that, crossing into Colombia was pretty straightforward. From the border, we took a cab to the bus station in Ipiales.

Tulcan
First taste of traveling during COVID
Goodbye Ecuador
Hello Colombia

We had a couple of hours to kill before taking the bus scheduled at 8PM to Popayan. So we took a cab to go visit the Santuario de Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Las Lajas.

Santuario de Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Las Lajas
Santuario de Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Las Lajas
Santuario de Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Las Lajas
Santuario de Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Las Lajas

After the visit, we took a cab back to the bus station to catch the bus to Popayan. It was a long drive to Popayan and we reached around 3AM. We had called a hostel in advance letting them know that we will be arriving late.

It was in Popayan that I had to accept the COVID reality!