The Final Time Trial. Our closing post from Central America, this collection of photos covers the 1116 km that we rode in 12 days from the peninsula town of Punta…
Quiet Beaches and High Rivers on the Beautiful Nicoya Peninsula. The Nicoya Peninsula's combination of dirt roads, deserted bays and jungle-to-the-sea landscape sounded like the perfect way to continue the…
Crossing Costa Rica's Divide. After hearing so many good things about Costa Rica from other cyclists, we crossed the border from Nicaragua with high expectations and our first three days…
Una problema con la frontera. As I write this update we're now in the breezy seaside Spanish colonial city of Cartagena, Colombia. Resting up after a challenging three weeks cycling…
From the Caribbean Coast to Olancho. Although we'd only just hit the north coast of Honduras, our plan was to ride east through Trujillo and towards the Moskitia region for…
Back to the Caribbean Coast. With all the kilometres we've been putting in lately as we count down the days to our flight from Panama City to Cuba the blog's…
The end of Guatemala and into Honduras. We hadn't really planned to use up the bulk of our Central America time in Guatemala – it just happened somehow and without…
Guatemala's Grandest City. Antigua was once a cornerstone of the Spanish Empire in the Americas and at one time served as the administrative centre for all of Central America and…
Part II: San Miguel Acatán to Chichicastenango. We'd originally planned a slightly shorter tour for our ride through the Cuchumatanes but from the compelling taste of this place we'd experienced…
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