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May 14th, 2012 | Belize

Belting thru Belize…

Made a 700 km, ten-hour ride from Flores Island in Guatemala, through Belize, and into Mexico…!! I arrived in Playa del Carmen just before sunset, and had a happy reunion with Roberto Martinez, who I had last seen in Buenos Aires in February…

Last ride through Central America, and into Mexico… It has […]

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 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 […]