Nicaragua calls itself the country of lakes and volcanos. To us it’s the country of the lakes, volcanos and hard wind. The wind blew very hard every day, fortunately we usually had it from the back or the side. There are many volcanos in the country and that was very visible. We never cycled outside the view of a volcano, one following another. Continue reading
Costa Rica in words and images
We had many cyclists tell us that they had intended to get through Costa Rica as fast as possible because it was supposed to be an expensive country, but almost all of them stayed longer because they liked it so much. Despite the high prices. So, another country to look forward to with curiosity.
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The day we left Dominical, Kim and the kids left too. We said goodbye but we would see them again soon.
Continue readingCosta Rica; Pura Vida
We didn’t have any problems at the Panamanian border and we went looking for the Costa Rican customs in the hectic little town. We found it eventually, but it wasn’t our lucky day. The person behind the window was a young woman who obviously still had something to prove to her boss or had left her common sense in her bed that morning. Continue reading
Panama in words and images
Panama surely has things to offer tourists; the bounty islands in the north, the locks in the city, the surfbeaches in the south and the volcano Barú in the west. But there’s no real Panamanian culture anymore. Continue reading
Panama City
San Blas Islands
There is no road between Colombia and Panama. The rainforest in between the 2 countries is very dense and there’s a lot of water. So when you want to travel between the 2 countries, you need to cross the border in another way. Continue reading
Colombia in words and images
Full of expectations, we crossed the Colobian border. In Europe, the country is mostly know for its drugcartels (Pablo Escobar), kidnappinngs, shootings/killings and the farc. But lately there has not been a lot of (bad) news about the country.
Continue readingEnd of part 1
It was another 740 kms (445 miles) from Medellin to Cartagena. After having said goodbye to Dennis, it was time to start on those last kilometers in South America. Continue reading
Colombia till Medellin
And then we were in Colombia, another new country and for us the last country in South America.
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