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May 6th, 2012 | Central America

Nailed Nicaragua, Hammered Honduras, Entered El Salvador…

Hostal La Casita, Granada… not the most restful place I have stayed in…!!

All in a day’s work…!! A long, hot, sweaty and patience testing day, wherein I crossed two borders, and spent four and a half hours in crippling heat and humidity, at the four border posts I had to negotiate…

It […]

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 3rd, 2012 | Central America

Did I say I was in Costa Rica…??

Well that was this morning….!!

This evening I am in Granada, Nicaragua…!!

Caned it through Costa Rica, making a 600 km ride from close to the Panama border, and through to Granada, a small town on the northern edge of Lake Nicaragua…!!

Stopping for a short break along the Costa Rican coastline, just […]

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…

May 1st, 2012 | Central America

Did I say I was in Panama…??

That was this morning….!! After a long, hot, and later, very wet ride, I am now in Costa Rica…!!

Took Panama by the scruff of the neck today, gave it a good 480 km shake, and then left it in much the same state as I had found it…!! Not all that interesting…!!

Except for […]