After our awesome Thanksgiving in Managua, we rode south from Diriamba to Rivas, where Dave spent a month working at a hospital in 2006. We had plans to meet up with his engineer friend Francisco, along with other guys who worked at the hospital. These guys (especially Francisco) planned a beach campout for the Friday...
We were so thankful to be able to spend Thanksgiving with Americans here in Nicaragua. It started on Wednesday. We left extra early and pedaled hard to make it to Managua (about 55 km) before 10:30 a.m. We stopped to buy groceries and started up what we knew would be the biggest climb we’ve had...
We had a short stint in Honduras—it only took us two days to ride through. The views were spectacular–mountains all around. Fortunately, we didn’t have to do much climbing over those mountains. We’re not sure what we’re going to do when we have to climb a lot in this crazy heat! Two incidents made Honduras...
We made our first two-wheeled border crossing on Saturday! We were glad to leave Guatemala and make it into El Salvador. It’s not much different here except for a few things: 1-The currency is US dollars, so it makes it easy for us to discern if something is cheap or not! 2-The hotels are slightly...
Well, we survived our first trip to the hospital. Day three back on the road turned out to be kind of tough. We got an early start (which is absolutely mandatory here with the brutal heat) and were making great time. But Dave wasn’t feeling that great, and we made a wrong turn that put...
Today we hit the road after three weeks off the bikes. Our 18 days in Xela were great, and we learned a lot of Spanish, but for the most part, we were ready to start riding again. We missed our active lifestyle and being on the road. We (OK, mostly Bethany) were a little nervous...