Today's cycling in Central America included cycling across the border between Costa Rica and Panama. Here's my bike touring blog from the day. Cycling into Panama A brief, 14 km ride to the border with Panama, which I reached by 08.00.Getting stamped out of Costa Rica, and then into Panama was a piece of cake, and I was in yet another country, just like that!! These Central American … [Read more...]

A recap of the previous night's events as part of today's bike touring blog covering my time spent cycling in Costa Rica as part of my Pan American bike tour.Recap of the night's events (Blog post written April 14 2010 when bike touring in Costa Rica)Last night, after eating what most people seemed to consider a meal for three, a couple staying at the hostel persuaded the owner to get … [Read more...]

Nearing the border with Panama day by day, today's cycling took me from the town of Quepos to Uvita in Costa Rica. Here's my blog from the day. Cycling through Costa Rica It rained quite heavily overnight, and although the skys were clear in the morning, as the day went on, clouds began to appear once more. Again, the road was pretty easy, with only two short sections of dirt where they were … [Read more...]

My bike touring blog post from cycling between Jaco and Quepos in Costa Rica. Part of my larger bike tour from Alaska to Argentina. Cycling after a rainy night It did rain during the night, but it wasn't a heavy torrential downpour, and the tent stayed nice and dry.My clothes were still a bit damp from the previous day though, so I decided to have breakfast in a restaurant and give them an … [Read more...]

Continuing my bike tour through Costa Rica as part of my Alaska to Argentina bicycle tour, today I cycled from a random junction to Jaco.Rain for the first time in months! Today's 120 kms of cycling was neither tough or easy, it just had to be done, and it takes a bit of time to cover that sort of distance.I’ve drastically increased the amount of liquid I take on board whilst cycling … [Read more...]