From the beautifully diverse forests of Corcovado Park it was sad to pass the mono-culture of palm oil plantations. Kilometer after kilometer of straight rows of millions of palm trees. It is incredible to witness this and know that the production in Costa Rica is very small compared to Malaysia and Borneo. We reach the […]
Muy tranquilo we ride into Costa Rica with our German-American-Dutch cyclist group and illegally enter this beautiful lush green country. Oh no, in the end we manage to find customs and enjoy an afternoon ride through the green hills into La Cruz. In the morning we wake up to a spectacular sea view. Yay, back […]
~ Pablo Neruda Before entering Central America we were doubtful if we should ride through all countries. Especially Nicaragua had some red flags after the political turmoil that started last year. But after our good experiences in Guatemala and El Salvador we decided to go for it. This turned out to be a good choice, […]
El Salvador has an infamous reputation for its incredible high homicide rates, one of the highest in the world and this probably does not sound very appealing to most tourists that are looking for a holiday destination. But when you are on your way South on a bicycle, there is no way of avoiding El […]
Relieved that we passed the border easily, we make our way through the border town. We get some help from a cyclist and police motor until we reach the main road. So far so good! We do not know yet what to expect from Guatemala and get an idea when we go for a first […]
We leave Oaxaca on a high, being equipped with some proper conversational Spanish, yay! Time to put this into practice while visiting Jesus his family in Mitla, a historic little town just 40 kilometre out of Oaxaca. Meeting Jesus his family in Mitla Who’s Jesus again? Ok, hold on… When we stayed with Carla and […]
So how do you exit one of the biggest cities in the world by bike? Make sure you start early on Sunday morning! There were not much cars around and we were lucky to choose one of the main streets that had a car free Sunday! Happy families and athletes were cycling, skating and running […]
Leaving tranquillo La Paz involved a few stressful moments. Packing everything is always a bit different when loading your bikes on the back of a truck… Tom did us a great favor driving us to the ferry terminal at 10pm. We arrived and all of a sudden realized we left our seats at Tom and […]
It was a sunny but windy day when we left Punta Prieta. Ideal conditions for some nice sailing and we breezed through the first 25km. It was there that it all went down hill. We were rolling down a hill when suddenly a gust of wind hit the valley through the mountains and blew Jakoba […]
Full feel & music by Manu Chao Not quite the holiday destination, especially after all the news and turmoil about the migrant caravan. However, leaving the US and getting into Mexico went much smoother than expected. We rolled our Whikes without any trouble through customs, collected the stamp and off we go. Ok, that was […]