Saturday, December 20 Getting in and out of Monterrico was quite a thrilling adventure that left me breathless and pumped adrenaline into my blood on a number of occasions. Monterrico is a beach town on the Pacific side of Guatemala not far from the border crossing with El Salvador. We were going to stay there […]
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 […]
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 […]
Wednesday, January 7 We woke up around 9 am and did yoga on the observation deck above the hotel grounds overlooking the ocean. The hotel had free breakfast that was quite delicious with fresh fruit and tasty bread from the local French baker. Our plan for the day was to spend an afternoon on the […]
Saturday, January 10 Today we planned on going to the airport to find out about shipping the bikes to South America. In reading other riders’ reports we were hoping to ship and fly to Medellin, Colombia by using Copa Airlines. On the way to the airport we stopped by Panama Bikers, a custom Harley shop […]
Saturday, January 17 We woke up around 10 am, feeling a bit beat up from last night’s fun at Andre’s. After breakfast we decided to visit the Salt Cathedral, a tourist destination that Lew recommended, about 30 km outside of Bogota. Jeffrey had a day off from school and was hanging around out at home […]
Tuesday, January 20 We woke up around 9 am, had breakfast at the hotel and came back to the room to watch Barak Obama’s inauguration ceremony. We have been waiting for this moment ever since we left Seattle, hoping we could be somewhere in a bar with a bunch of Americans getting drunk on beer […]