Tuesday, December 16 – Thursday December 18 We arose early and made the short trip to the Guatemala border. We had done our research and this border was supposed to be the best, but we were still expecting the worst. It was a pleasant surprise. We returned our vehicle permit at Banjercito in Mexico to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Tuesday, January 6 Not desiring to linger in Cartago, we rose early, had our free breakfast, and packed the bikes. Although they had been behind a fence topped with razor wire, they were visible from the street so we slept poorly, waking several times to check on the bikes. We headed back out of town […]
Thursday, January 8 We followed our standard border crossing day plan and rose early. We ate breakfast and said farewell to the beautiful Costa Rican ocean view. Following up on the tip about a small town border crossing, I researched on ADV and found a great guide to finding your way to Rio Sereno. We […]
Thursday, January 22nd Now that Panama is posted, we’re making good progress towards getting caught up on our writing. We had a great time in Colombia that I’m half way through writing. We have decided to interrupt our once in a lifetime journey to take another once in a lifetime opportunity. We’re taking advantage of […]
Thursday, January 15 We awoke feeling damp, as our hotel air conditioner wouldn’t even have qualified as a swamp cooler. It was cooler and less humid in the open air hallway. We sampled the breakfast buffet, packed our things and headed to the airport in a state of anticipation. We were finally clearing North & […]