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Gigante – La Virgen

9 June 2013

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After a couple of days doing nothing at the beach at El Gigante, I decided it was time to move on. Neither John, my host, nor the surroundings made me have that impression, but, if I had stayed longer, I wouldn’t have had the time to go to Ometepe and so many people have told [...]

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Zambrano – Choluteca

30 May 2013

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After just two nights it was time to roll out from Jorge’s. He’s a delightful man and I could have easily stayed longer, but Bernice, an American friend of mine from my time teaching in Korea, was in Nicaragua and the one time our schedules might overlap is the 3rd and 4th of June when [...]

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Santa Ana – San Salvador

13 May 2013

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After two parties, one for mother’s day and the other a birthday it was on to the capital city – San Salvador. I stopped by the really pretty Lago de Coatepeque, even though I think Lago de Atitlán is more gobsmacking. The one advantage Coatepeque has other than the lack of lots of tourists surrounding [...]

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Jutiapa -> Santa Ana

10 May 2013

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It was mother’s day in Guatemala and so I was awake before my 5am alarm went off by fireworks going off in the street. Karen had been a huge help giving me information about where I needed to go and how to get there in Guate. I was on the bus at 6am, where the [...]

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Chiquimula -> San Cristóbal -> Jutiapa

9 May 2013

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After a couple of rest days in Chiquimula, it was time to cross the border to El Salvador. There were several border crossings close by, and I opted for the one of San Cristóbal as I preferred the route profile. I’d have a decent climb in the morning before it got hot and then it’d [...]

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Dangriga -> Rio Dulce via Jalacte

5 May 2013

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I was about 120km north of Punta Gorda, where I could take a boat to Puerto Barrios in Guatemala. It’d have been impossible to get there that day, as they leave either late morning, or early afternoon, so I figured I’d be camping just outside town to avoid the $10-15 hostel fee. I’d heard of [...]

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Caye Caulker -> Dangriga

3 May 2013

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Caye Caulker is a beautiful place with just a few small sand-covered streets to get you around. Tim, my host from Tulum, was in town with his brother and I’d spent my rest day hanging out with him while Alec was at work. Tim invited me to stay at his resort, but with the weather [...]

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Yo Creek -> Caye Caulker

30 April 2013

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My alarm went off at 4:30, and I was out of bed by 5, but still didn’t leave the house until just before 6. I was planning to head south, to the Mayan ruin of Lamanai and then beyond through roads varying from badly potholed to sandy beach so as to not double back. Mike [...]

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Sancti Spiritus -> Havana

24 March 2013

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today’s ride was one of the most pleasant so far due to its ease, the beautiful scenery, and the quickness with which we got to our destination – over 75KM before lunchtime. we awoke in the house of the lord, ate the food that the padre (named Elvis) had prepared, and were on the road [...]

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Santiago -> Sancti Spiritus

20 March 2013

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today (sunday 3-17) we decided to hitch a ride out of the eastern part of the country, we had already ridden over 900 KM criss-crossing and doing loops in this region, and if we keep it up like this, we will never see all of Cuba. we have heard that the region we plan to [...]

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Baracoa -> Santiago

9 March 2013

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Nick writes about his bike trip (San Diego -> Ecuador is the plan for this leg) and has a Facebook page that is at http://www.facebook.com/PedalingNPaddlingSouth I’ve decided to share his writings for the parts where we rode together. http://domluther.smugmug.com/OneBikeOneWorld/Caribbean/Cuba/ is where all my pictures from Cuba are. I’ll link to some of them in the [...]

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Bolonchén -> Santa Elena

14 February 2013

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Bolonchén was the last town in Campeche and after breakfasting at the same place as the night before, due to it being the only place to eat we found, we headed up. Our eggs had been quite good, but at 40 pesos, instead of the normal 25 (or about 20 in Guatemala) they were further [...]

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