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May 11th, 2012 | Central America

Ticking off Tikal…!!

So…. What have you guys done today…??

I spent the morning rambling around the Mayan ruins of Tikal in the jungles of Guatemala… As you do on a Friday…!!

Early morning on the road to Tikal National Park… It was a 70 km ride from Flores Island….

Entry to the park… […]

May 10th, 2012 | Central America

Sailing thru El Salvador and Galloping into Guatemala…

Had my longest ride in Central America so far, covering 675 km, but taking almost 15 hours to do it in…!! I was up at 5.00 am and left San Miguel at 6.00 am…

Victor was up as early as I was, and brought me my mug of "wake up" while I was […]

May 5th, 2012 | Central America

Granada…

Although I spent most of the time cooped up in my hotel, I did spend SOME time seeing the sights of this interesting town on the shores of Lake Nicaragua…

The late afternoon sun lights up the new San Francisco Church in Granada….

It would seem that Nicaragua and Granada, are a common […]

May 4th, 2012 | Central America

Coasting through Costa Rica, and Nipping into Nicaragua…

With my face swollen right down to my jaw line, I had a rather restless night…

By morning, my left eye was almost closed by the large “mouse” that had developed on my cheekbone… There have been more joyous moments in my life, that I can tell you without fear of contradiction…!!

I […]

May 2nd, 2012 | Central America

Pushing through Panama…

After successfully shedding my Colombian Pesos in exchange for Dollars, and taking a 10 % knock on the currency, I headed back downtown, looking for the road that would take me over the Panama Canal… I was hoping to find a spot where I could see vessels entering and exiting the giant locks…

April 28th, 2012 | Colombia

Five Down, One to Go…!!

Bogota, Colombia, is my final stop in South America… On Monday morning, at dawn’s crack, I will fly to Panama to begin the final leg of my journey around the world… I will have spent exactly 100 days in South America, visited 9 countries and ridden 22 150 km on this continent…

Livardo […]