We spent 11 wonderful days in stunningly beautiful Costa Rica! We really loved this country (although it’s a little hard on the budget). It is safe, the people are well educated and friendly, and the scenery is amazing – it…
We spent 2 weeks in Nicaragua. Although it wasn’t our favourite country for cycling, we loved the colonial cities of Leon and Granada and had a great time on Little Corn Island and Ometepe Island with David’s cousin Simon and…
I was a little anxious about cycling in El Salvador; it doesn’t have the safest reputation and we had heard from friends that it wasn’t the friendliest place to cycle through. Thankfully, our experience was quite the opposite! We absolutely…
13th – 27th April: Antigua After the eventful night in Guatemala City, I was determined to follow the advice of the travel guides and get a private shuttle to Antigua. We contacted one of the company’s recommended in the travel…
We spent just over 4 weeks in beautiful Guatemala, primarily in the colonial city of Antigua, where we took Spanish classes. We didn’t cycle as much as we would have liked in Guatemala, due to safety concerns, traffic and…
After one week of Spanish classes, we were in need of some physical activity! We decided to spend our weekend on an overnight hike to Volcano Acatenango (3976m), a dormant volcano near Antigua, from where you can view active Volcano…
We are in stunningly beautiful, but incredibly wet, Costa Rica now! We crossed the border on Friday and were almost immediately greeted by the rainy season. The headwind that had accompanied us relentlessly through Nicaragua disappeared and was replaced by drenching rain. We are in Tilaran at the moment and will be heading to Monteverde today for some bird watching (no doubt, in the rain!).
Unfortunately, we have continued to have bad luck with David’s spokes. To date, we have broken 10 spokes (1 on my bike and 9 on David’s bike – all on the back wheels). The spokes are breaking in the middle, which indicates a bad batch. We only have 2 spares left and think it is unlikely that we will be able to make it all the way to Panama City, as David seems to be breaking a spoke a day. We hope that we can make it to San Jose on the remaining spokes and will then have to catch a bus to Panama City.
We had hoped to sail from Panama to Colombia (via the San Blas islands), but the boat trip was too expensive – US$1400+ with the bikes. So, instead we have a flight booked on 4th June from Panama City to Medellin and a full set of new spokes, for all 4 wheels, will (hopefully) be waiting for us when we arrive! :)
Woo hoo – new stamp!
Drenching rain in Costa Rica
Jo and Volcano Arenal, Fortuna, Costa Rica
On our way to Nuevo Arenal. Costa Rica is so lush and green!
We spent Good Friday watching the little township of Flores set up for the Semana Santa (Easter) procession through the streets of Flores, in Northern Guatemala. Flores is a gorgeous little island town on Lake Petén Itzá. Every year on…
We spent 10 wonderful days in friendly, little Belize – a tiny nation, which shares borders with Mexico (in the North), Guatemala (to the South and West) and the beautiful Caribbean Sea (to the East). It is so small and…
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