I could put this in the Tours thread but it's also kind of a ride report.
I did this tour with some friends of mine with Endurolandia tours this past weekend and had a blast. I'd done a tour with them my first time in Colombia three years ago and that one was great too. This time I brought my gf and a friend from Canada who was in town.
Day 1 was from the Medellin area to a hot spring resort called Hotel del Otoño near Manizales. We overslept and so they told us to meet them down the road at a town called Versalles. We waited there for an hour and a half because there was apparently a road closure and they had to take a detour.
I saw it was planned to be a long day and figured with that delay already that perhaps we just ride the highway to the resort and enjoy the hot springs. Plus, I hadn't ridden with Rob before and wanted to make sure he was comfortable on his rental, a Kawasaki Versys 300 X.
The rest of the group finally arrived and the next morning we headed up the Nevado del Ruiz volcano