From Granada, we made the obligatory tour of Ometepe, before skipping over the Panamerican back to the Pacific Coast to look for sea turtles at La Flor. Unfortunately, that didn’t work out (more below in the captions), but the riding was much nicer than the Panamerican! After four final days …
Upon arriving in Granada, we discovered the Backyard Hostel with a perfect combination of amenities: free coffee, use of kitchen, WiFi and… a swimming pool! It’s $12 for a shared private room or $5 for open dorms – a comfortable and cost effective home base for exploring Granada and the surrounding …
There were no lions, tigers or lollipop kids on the lego brick road to Jinotega, just hundreds of ‘kamikaze’ butterflies and massive fincas de cafe, tobacco and of course, cacao. I spent some time chasing the butterflies around with the camera whilst Lars replaced some brake pads and a frayed derailleur cable (muttering …
It’s always disheartening when expensive gear malfunctions or wears out. Unfortunately for me, my Berghaus waterproof jacket* weathered its final storm just as …
On our last day in Honduras, we were climbing up towards Las Manos border crossing into Nicaragua when we were curb crawled …
Following three days of exploration in La Tigra National Park, we were ready to head out of the cloud forest and into Valle de …
After a detour into the Honduras capital city of Tegucigalpa for bike repairs, we decided to take the long way out of town by climbing up to La Tigra National Park.
Copán Ruinas was our introduction to Honduras and turned out to be a great place to stopover for a few days of rest and sight seeing. Aside from the obvious attraction of the amazing ruins, the town itself offers several nice cafes and restaurants with feeling overly spoilt with tourism.
