Due to the previous day's cycling in tough conditions, I took a day off to recover. Not a lot to report, as I was basically just resting my legs in Santiago, Panama.By Apollo18 - Self-photographed, Public Domain, LinkRest day in Santiago There was absolutely no chance of me going anywhere today. My legs were stiff, the veins were sticking out all zig-zaggy over my temples, and the bike … [Read more...]

Today was one of the toughest days of my bike tour from Alaska to Argentina. Here's my blog post covering the day's events cycling from San Felix to Santiago in Panama.A hard day cycling I wasn’t wrong when I thought that today would be a tough ride.The short version is - 125 kms covered, and 1500 metres climbed, although I didn’t go above 500 metres at any time.For regular readers, … [Read more...]

After spending a couple of days in David, Panama, it was time to start cycling again. This blog posts covers the day's ride between David and San Felix in Panama. Cycling out of David, Panama (Blog post written April 20 2010)I spent the last few days in the Purple House generally chilling out, reading some books in English, playing on the net (downloaded the season finale of Spartacus - … [Read more...]

I took another day off in the town of David, Panama, trying to use my time to organise a boat from Panama to Colombia. Here's my blog post from the day.Doing odd-jobs in David, Panama Another day off in the city of David gave me a chance to catch up on answering a few emails, and enquiring about boats from Panama to Columbia.I have written to the Steel Rat boat, asking for a place on … [Read more...]

After arriving in the town of David, Panama, I decided to take a few days off. Here's what I got up to when staying at the Purple House in David, Panama.Resting at the Purple House With the supermarket being so great, and access here to a kitchen in The Purple House, it was a wonderful day off!!Tinned ravioli, boiled eggs, salad, corned beef... endless treats !! I was so busy doing not … [Read more...]