Our arrival in Cartagena, Colombia marked our exit from the narrowing funnel of Central America and the beginning of a vast new canvas – South America. Whilst consulting some maps of Colombia, we were starting to realise the size of the place. The national borders through Central America are to …
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 …
After riding loaded bikes day after day, it’s always a relief to ditch the kit for some lightweight trail riding. This time I …
I wanted to write a post about the beautiful Miraflor Reserve in the Nicaraguan Highlands. I went on a day ride with …
On our last day in Honduras, we were climbing up towards Las Manos border crossing into Nicaragua when we were curb crawled …
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.
Of all the things that could fail on my bike whilst cycling through Honduras, the freehub in my rear wheel was one …
