Small wheels in a big world
Sunday January 22, 2012
It was so good to sleep after he tough ride yesterday. Time to clean and check the bikes. My wife`s bike had a flat tire, Iguess it came from cycling on the shoulders yesterday, there was a lot of glass and other dirt.
Saturday January 21, 2012, 120 km (75 miles) – Total so far: 806 km (501 miles)
A long stretch without any accomodation possibility, so we already started in the dark at 6am. The early mornings provide you with fresh air and it`s hard to believe how hot it gets during the day. As soon as we reached the main road (still the Panamericana) the road began to climb up into the mountains.
Friday January 20, 2012, 98 km (61 miles) – Total so far: 686 km (426 miles)
We`ve been on the road at 7am. There wasn`t too much traffic and not too much climbs,( they call them „lomos“ here ) this morning, so we took it easy looking for a possibility to have breakfast. As it was early, everything was still closed and we ate some cookies to have someting in our stomach.
Thursday January 19, 2012, 71 km (44 miles) – Total so far: 588 km (365 miles)
Wednesday January 18, 2012, 75 km (47 miles) – Total so far: 517 km (321 miles)
It wasn`t really hard to say good-bye to Almirante, and so we got back on the road very early heading for Punta Peña. The road continued like it ended yesterday, with constantly and often steep climbs. In between, we met two german girls also biking and they were going just the other direction towards Boca de Toros.
Tuesday January 17, 2012, 90 km (56 miles) – Total so far: 442 km (275 miles)
The way to the border was dominated by huge banana plantationes. Incredible how much man power is still involved in the harvest of the fruits. We passed many factories which mainly give a good impression of how hard that work is.Moving the fruits after picking them, packing and loading them – everything handmade.
„Puerto Viejo to Almirante: Crossing the border to Panama“ weiterlesen
Monday January 16, 2012
The day started with a relaxed breakfast on the terasse of our bungalow. We had nice visit from 2-year old Cathy, who fell in love with Gerardo or let`s say with the cat „Tom“ from his mobile.
Sunday January 15, 2012, 70 km (43 miles) – Total so far: 352 km (219 miles)
A nice trip, always along the coast with the sea nearby. We could see and hear the big waves rolling against the shore. The weather was not quite good, infact, we started in the poaring rain. The only good thing about it here is the temperature- it’s still so warm,that even if you get wet, you won’t get a cold.
Saturday January 14, 2012
Unfortunately the locals yesterday were right. Impossible to get a boat that goes to Tortuguera and returns the same day.You are obligated to stay at least one night there. As we want to leave tomorrow for Puerto Viejo,near the frontier to Panama, we’re not going to make that tour as we planed it.
Friday January 13, 2012, 105 km (65 miles) – Total so far: 282 km (175 miles)
It began all so nice: Leaving Turrialba early in the morning the road was going down for at least 5 km we hardly had to pedal at all! But the end of the downhill turned out to be a tough climb of almost 50km until the junction of the main road leading to Puerto Limon. Again altogether 1000m upwards in the end.
„Turrialba-Moin: Up and down and a highway to hell“ weiterlesen