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''If you are stuck for a place === North towards [[Medellín]] ===Take bus number 1 (to sleep for Oro Negro) from the nightbus stop on the main street across the gas station, close to the bus station has great security terminal (2300 COP) and is fairly quietleave on the roundabout close to Museo del Oro. Guards will wake you at 9am'It's a good spot to catch a ride towards Salento, Pereira, Manizales and further to Medellin.  

=== East towards [[IbagueIbagué]], Bogota[[Bogotá]] ===Take a bus towards Calarca, a pretty old town that is 7km away, and definitely worth taking a stroll around before you head on. Expect to pay 2500$ for this. You can indicate you wish to get off at the junction to the driver, or it is a 10minute downhill walk from the town centre to the road headed out towards Bogota.

There is Take the bus going to the nearby town of Calarcá (05/2019: COP 2,300). It leaves quite regularly from a police check pointbus stop right behind the cathedral (04°31′55.66″N 75°40′18.21″W). In Calarcá, a garage for refuelling trucks ask the driver to be let off at the market ("Plaza de Mercado") and a beautiful long slip lane as little cars struggle to accelerate up cross the town walking East on the same street. At the hill out end of town, so all Calle 39 you will meet the elements are highway junction towards Bogotá. To your left you will spot a Mobil gas station (04°31′45.34″N 75°38′02.13″W) on your the other side, just to put of the magic thumb road. This is where you can start hitchhiking and trustworthy smile into playasking people for a ride.

Note, traffic from Cali to Bogota Bogotá passes here, so it's likely you'll snag a direct lift to the capital. If headed southSouth, ride until a junction just after the Peaje immediately right before Espinal town.

 [[User:Patagonia.almundo2018|patagonia.almundo]] We hitchhiked from the nearest petrol station (Terpel 4.5759665,-75.645615,19) to the roundabout to Salento and Pereira. It´s a good spot but it´s very import to talk with drivers.  [[User:I've jamesvagabond|jamesvagabond]] has tried hitching from [[Calarcá]] to [[Bogotá]] twice, a year apart, and never any luck. The first time there was rioting and trucker strikes, so it wasn't such a surprise. The second time should have been a breeze. Looks like it should be an amazing spot, but YMMV."