Desert breakdown

Coushararu, Colombia 🇨🇴

What a crazy hammock night, the wind swept around us all night and whilst I felt nice and secure it was still a disturbed sleep. Breakfast was early again as we set off for the long drive South back to Riohacha. As a group we were getting along well so the journey was ok, until about 3hours down the road. We got sand in the engine, so we started hopping a bit, then Franco tried a couple of times to clear it but we see in the middle of nowhere and the fix would only last a few miles. We were just going past the children and their barriers that we had seen yesterday, trying to just keep the car going. We eventually stopped in a little outpost community called Coushararu and sat to wait for a replacement vehicle.  It was really hot, but we had a shade and we managed to kill a couple of hours with games of Yahtzee that the couple had brought along. We were picked up around 3pm and whilst mechanics worked on our vehicle, we sped off in a new jeep. It only took an hour and a half to get to Uribia where we had a quick lunch before speeding back to Riohacha. Once we were safely back in our little B&B we enjoyed a warm shower and jumped into our comfy beds.

Uribia, Colombia

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