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Expert: Garrett Fifer - 7/27/2008


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Hi !

I am looking for road distances in Colombia, which seems to be very hard to find. I want to know from Turbo to Cartagena, and then Cartagena to Medellin to Ipiales and Quito.

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Gabriel, sounds like a fun but long trip. I can sort of help. I've never driven the majority of that route but I have distances for the following:

Turbo to Cartagena 291km
Cartagena to Medellin 625km
Medellin to Cali 424km
Cali to Ipiales 497km

I'm having difficulty finding out about Ipiales to
Quito but I read that it is 5.5 hours by bus. I also read that Ipiales to Otavalo in northern Ecuador is 60 miles. I've been to Otavalo from Quito myself and its only about 2.5 hours by car. Easy driving on good roads... great views.

Here are some other links I found on the subject...

http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/mikeen/mighty07/1206802500/tpod.htm...

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Colombia-1753/2008/1/travel-questions-1.htm

I question some of the distances in that last post.

Best of luck,
Garrett

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