NEPTUNO ON TOUR - Day 7: Crossing Latinamerica's longest tunnel and arriving in Barrancabermeja

 

For the next couple of days, we (Stephan and Torsten) are on the road, visiting different spots in Colombia to gather first hand information about the current travel situation in times of the Corona pandemia.

We will share our experiences and findings with you via videos, photos and brief explanations on this blog and on our social media.

Stay tuned!

DAY 7, November 24th: COFFEE REGION -BARRANCABERMEJA

After an extensive breakfast we embarked on our journey (which will take us two days in total) to the Caribbean coast. We crossed the La Linea pass and, for the first time, drove through the new tunnel, which is with over 8 km the longest car tunnel in Latin America. It cuts the travel time between the coffee region and Bogotá by up to 2 hours. Nevertheless, due to a small landslide and other road works, it did not always go as fast as we had expected. So we arrived in Barrancabermeja at about 7:30 pm, after dark. Barranca, as everybody calls it here, is situated directly at the Magdalena river, and is known as an oil-producting area.

Travel time: approx. 12 hours

Distance: approx. 530 Km

We documented our journey through the La Linea tunnel so you believe us...

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