Bike touring Costa Rica
Costa Rica is a destination that is familiar to many North Americans. If they haven’t been there, they likely know someone who has been. Prior to arrival, we thought that Costa Rica would be...
Exploring good routes and bad ones to help you decide where to go
Costa Rica is a destination that is familiar to many North Americans. If they haven’t been there, they likely know someone who has been. Prior to arrival, we thought that Costa Rica would be...
Our guidebook had us longing to visit Nicaragua. Prior to our arrival, Nicaragua seemed like it might be an oasis between dangerous Honduras and expensive and touristic Costa Rica. Although this blog does not...
El Salvador is a country that North Americans don’t always discuss: especially as a travel destination. It is the smallest of the seven Central American countries, and has had many years of civil war...
Cycling Guatemala was distinctive amongst the many small Latin American Countries. On this trip, as well as my many trips to Guatemala in the 90’s, I reinforced my finding that Guatemala contains some of...
The Southern Mexico Portion of our trip from San Diego to Panama was one of the most enjoyable legs! Southern Mexico is abundant with places to visit – including many “natural” destinations. A short...
Many of our friends were concerned about us taking a trip to Mexico due to the drug conflicts that had peaked in 2012 (and have persisted until 2014, and perhaps beyond). We acknowledged that...
From January 26, 2014 to April 9, 2014, we rode our tandem bicycle from San Diego, CA to Panama City, Panama. Along the way, we discovered many bicycle routes: some of them were superb...