First Tour 2021-2022

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First Tour 2021-2022
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Legend

Cycling

Panama, Panama ‐ Nov 29, 2024
Capira
El Valle
Penonomé
Aguadulce
Santiago
Santa Catalina

Stayed at a work away for 2 weeks and learned to surf. hung out with montriel canadienes
Soná
Guabala
Chiriquí
Valle de Las Minas
Rambála
Bocas del Toro

survived on coconuts
Bribri, Costa Rica
Limón

phone stollen just outside Limon by a motorcyclist pretending to need to make a phonecall
Puerto Viejo
San Rafael
Upala
La Cruz

first night in Costa Rica. nice campspot with a sunset
San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua
Rivas
Granada

Parted ways with my guatamlen friend. sad to go because he was so helpful and changed the way i rode, but we were just riding at a different pace. I started to get frustrated because I felt pressure to keep moving!
Managua

Stayed here for a few days
León

Stayed with red cross and sold bracelets
Chinandega

Really not much money left. Learned the art of seling crafts at the market and asking to stay with the local FD or redcross.
Somotillo

Met a guatamen who was riding to argentina! super friendly and gave me much needed snacks!
San Lorenzo, Honduras
San Miguel, El Salvador
Usulután
El Tunco

Tried and failed miserably at surfing. broke a pro-surfers comp board and was made to pay $40usd...
Caserío El Sunzal
Hacienda Nueva York
Taxisco, Guatemala
Iztapa

All down hill from here!
Antigua Guatemala

Stayed for a few days, took care of my bike, recovered a bit
Patzún
San Pedro La Laguna
Chichicastenango
Santa Cruz del Quiché
Uspantán
San Cristóbal Verapaz
San Pedro Carchá
Semuc Champey Pools

I made it! Steepest riding ive done yet!
Lanquín
Santa María Cahabón
Panzós

first pivot off the beaten track...and immediately lost my phone! no nav, no translate...
Río Dulce
Poptún
Flores

first little break. a little touristy but beautiful. met a character from canada... no shirt or shoes, swam here (flores island) everyotherday from acrosss the lake because he cannot afford the boat. living off guatamalen welfare, visa expired last year but too broke to go anywhere or do anything. hoping despiration will push him to overcome his fear of talking with women? I bought him a burrito
Camping

Stayed at the Tikal campsite and went for a morning walk around the temples. I was soo tired after the long ride the day before that I wished I had planned for two days stay...
12 Calle

crossed the boarder into guatamala with a dude from california whose riding the americas top to bottom. withought his spanish and data connection i woulda been screwed..
Bufete Jurídico Rodimiro Figueroa

First day on the bike! Hot as hell and jetlegged after 40 hours of travel... almost didnt make it to my first warmshowers...
Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport, Belize ‐ Nov 29, 2024