The preparation started very early with packing the cars for the three day event, to brushing my teeth with a local "free range and very friendly" horse on the hotel grounds! There were 23 vehicles, 21 were Toyotas, 1 Nissan, 1 Jeep Wrangler. After 3 days of some very tough conditions, it became very apparent to me [a retired Chrysler employee] why Toyota is "WORLD CLASS"!!!

This Rallye partcipant believes in preparation for 3 days of hard driving, two cases of beer should be a good start?

The Town of San Martin , in the Colombian State of Meta, about 300 miles from Bogota in the interior, turned out for the event, with a speech by the Mayor in front of the Town Hall.