Crossing Colombia – Climate is what you expect: Weather is what you get.

The first day out of Cartagena was intended as a gentle break-in day down to the beach and then and easy ride to camp at a ranch in Monteria. Well it didn’t quite work that way when a huge tropical thunderstorm followed us across 20Km of dirt beach road and turned it into a slippy sloppy mess with water crossings as the fields drained. At one point the instant rivers were big enough to keep us from leaving and we had to wait for them to subside.

The local farmer on his mule had an easier time with the mud than our BMWs. This weather is really miserable for a lad brought up in England.

The destination was to camp at a ranch in Monteria famous for its prize Brahman bulls who we got to meet in the morning. These animals are pampered and docile and very used to being paraded and shown – they had the moves and the poses all ready for their moment with the cameras.

There’s more than one kind of bull in these photos.