Sunday, December 21 The border crossing into El Salvador was tedious, but uneventful. The staff was light on a Sunday morning so the majority of the three hours it took to do the paperwork was waiting in line outside the aduana for the next available agent. I don’t mind so much if the border takes […]
Saturday, December 27 We woke up early for our border crossing into Honduras. After reading other riders’ reports we were prepared for the worst and decided to ride through Honduras as fast as possible and cross into Nicaragua the same day. We said final good byes to Mario D. at the bridge and rode for […]
Sunday, December 28 Our plan for the day was to ride back about 10 km to the Somoto Canyon which was the local nature attraction. Mario L. gave us a recommendation for a local guide named Ballardo (pronounced Ba-yardo). We were to try and find him in the village for a possible hike to the […]
Monday, December 29 We arose without a firm plan for the day. The holidays had introduced an artificially slow pace in our journey. We wanted to be in a city for New Year’s Eve, and since the rest of the world was also on vacation during these weeks, we had to make reservations in advance […]
Tuesday, December 30, 2008 Knowing it was a short ride down to Granada, we had a leisurely morning and had a big breakfast at the Miraflores co-op cafe from the day before. They had great batidos (like smoothies except without added sugars). We packed up the bikes and were on our way. The ride down […]
When we arrived in Nosara I by chance noticed something I should have noticed a long time ago. We were parking for the umpteenth time to check for a room in one of the hotels when I noticed how little slack there was in Inna’s chain. Mine was even worse. The mistake I had been […]
Friday, January 2 By the morning of the fourth day in Granada we were VERY ready to hit the road. After breakfast at the hotel, we loaded up the bikes and were on our way to the border crossing with Costa Rica. We took the Interamericana all the way down. Mostly an uneventful ride apart […]
Saturday, January 3 We woke up around 7 am and went to a community yoga class at the Nosara Yoga Institute. There are four different outdoor practice spaces at the Institute all located in the jungle setting. We were in a Tree Top room, overlooking the jungle, listening to the sounds of birds and smelling […]
Sunday, January 4 We had a leisurely morning at the hotel, had breakfast, hit the pool and rolled out by noon. The ride to Arenal took about 4 hours. We both were stunned at how much better and smoother the bikes rode on the dirt road after we loosened the chains. Needless to say, my […]
Monday, January 5, 2009 The winds that had been howling all night long were still howling when we rose in the morning. They had been joined by a light rain. Our plan for the day had been to do yoga overlooking the lake and then ride to have lunch at the famous restaurant with a […]