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COSTA RICA | Wednesday, 11 Nov 2009 | Views [127] | Comments [1]
La Cruz to Rio Sereno 12/10/09 to 3/11/09 - 952 km (total km’s 17700)
Costa Rica, Pura Vida One of the joys of bike touring is not always so much about the riding, but it’s about getting to out of the way places and experiencing nature.... Read more >
Tags: costa rica, cycling, wildlife, cycling friends, beach, turtles
HONDURAS | Friday, 2 Oct 2009 | Views [228] | Comments [3]
For months we’ve been looking forward to diving on Utila. Utila is one of the Bay Islands, in the Caribbean Sea, off the northern coast of Honduras. Also for months we have had our doubts about cycling in Honduras, because of political instability ... Read more >
Tags: honduras, utila, diving, cycling
GUATEMALA | Thursday, 1 Oct 2009 | Views [125] | Comments [2]
Flores to Punta Gorda 26/8/09 - 6/9/09 545 km
What kind of sound does a howler monkey make?... It’s 4am and we awoke to the sound of howler monkeys singing in chorus through the canopy of the jungle at the ruins of Tikal. It was a call ... Read more >
Tags: guatemala, belize, cycling, caribbean sea, tikal
GUATEMALA | Tuesday, 25 Aug 2009 | Views [322] | Comments [4]
9/8/09 - 20/8/09 Xela to Flores 445 km Well we did it, we finally left Xela after a few previous attempts to do so. It had been one of those places where no matter what you try to do, you may never leave. What started as a few weeks of Spanish ... Read more >
Tags: guatemala, cycling, highlands, caves
MEXICO | Saturday, 30 May 2009 | Views [503] | Comments [3]
13/5/09 - 22/5/09 Oaxaca to San Cristobal 468 km Oaxaca is a great city to enjoy some downtime, relaxing with our cycling friends Martin and Susy, checking out Monte Alban, wandering the markets and artesanias, the leafy ‘zocalo’ and working ... Read more >
Tags: mexico, oaxaca, cycling, food, mountains, sickness, san cristobal
MEXICO | Tuesday, 12 May 2009 | Views [392] | Comments [3]
13/4/09 - 7/5/09 Guadalajara to Oaxaca 1204 km The days in Guadalajara with Nobu, Hiro and Ken fly past. They are captivated by the city with its climbing wall, cinema and skate boarding and decide to stay longer, while we get back in the saddle, ... Read more >
Tags: mexico, cycling, volcanoes, swine flu, desert, cactus
MEXICO | Friday, 10 Apr 2009 | Views [622] | Comments [6]
30/3/09 - 7/4/09 Mazatlan to Guadalajara 534 km After nearly two months off the bike, we saddled up and rode out of warm and sticky Mazatlan where we had enjoyed a tranquil time with our amiga Chamely and her puppy ‘Blitz’. Mazatlan itself was ... Read more >
Tags: mexico, cycling, pacific coast, birds, wildlife, tequila, beaches, boat trips, volcanoes
MEXICO | Wednesday, 21 Jan 2009 | Views [821] | Comments [5]
10/1/09 - 19/1/09 San Diego to Guerrero Negro 724km It is a fine and sunny day in San Diego, the chickens are scratching in the yard, ‘the Casita’ (our home for the past week) is cleaned and bikes are loaded into the back of Merle’s pick-up truck.... Read more >
Tags: mexico, great people, cycling, traffic, desert, cactus, dangers
USA | Saturday, 11 Oct 2008 | Views [922] | Comments [6]
With fresh inspiration for the journey ahead we followed the Trans-America trail south along the Bitteroot valley before crossing over a range to the east at Lost Trail Pass and into the Big Hole Valley. This was the same route the Adventure Cycling ... Read more >
Tags: usa, cycling, national parks, wildlife, bison, pronghorn, cycling friends, thermal features, big sky country, yellowstone
USA | Thursday, 25 Sep 2008 | Views [731]
After a chilly week tent bound with the flu in Banff, and spending time with friends, it was time for us to hit the road again with winter nipping at our heels and a lot of mountains between us and the desert country. As soon as we left Banff along ... Read more >
Tags: canada, usa, cycling, national parks, cycling friends, wildlife, hiking, montana, adventure cycling association
USA | Saturday, 12 Jul 2008 | Views [567] | Comments [1]
It was a bit hard to leave Fairbanks. We had been welcomed so warmly and had a wonderful time under the wings of Dan and Lisa in their logcabin. During the summer solstice weekend we enjoyed a 2-day hike on the Pinnell Mountain trail together with ... Read more >
Tags: usa, alaska, cycling, cycling friends, bears, wildlife, mountains, lakes
USA | Friday, 20 Jun 2008 | Views [979] | Comments [6]
‘The Dalton Highway, you can’t ride your bike on the Dalton…you’re crazy, you’ll be eaten by Grizzlies, smashed to pieces by flying rocks the size of golf balls, driven off the road, you’ll freeze to death…and you’ll need at least five spare tyres ... Read more >
Tags: usa, cycling, dalton highway, wildlife, dirt roads, cycling friends, wilderness
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