Archive for March, 2008
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
On dry land again!
We finally arrived in Cartagena, which means we’re in South America proper, and found a hotel. It was SO nice with a real bathroom with freshwater after 7 days on the boat.
Just wanted to let people know we’re not lost at sea. We’ll tell you more and post pictures later.
Now… dinner and beer!!
3 Comments » - Posted in Colombia by Roar Flolo
Monday, March 17th, 2008
Boat ride
Man, I got lucky today. (I was lucky last night, too. I won $85 at the poker table, not from the Chinese dudes but from rich people who flashed hundreds and had stacks of up to a thousand bucks on the table; kind of a fun playground for these people but I felt like I [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Panama by andy
Sunday, March 16th, 2008
The Next Steps
Friday evening, I took my bike apart in front of the hotel and removed the fan motor. I tested it and only black smoke fizzled from it. Ok, now I knew for sure that the motor was shot.
On Saturday morning, I went to the Kawasaki dealership and they told me that the $500 assembly would take a month [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Panama by andy
Saturday, March 15th, 2008
Panama City
We finally made it to Panama City, the end of the road of sorts because from here we either get on a plane or a boat to Colombia. Central America has been great and I’m a bit sad to leave but South America awaits!
Wandering the streets of Panama City we ran into this [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Guatemala, Mexico, Panama by Roar Flolo
Friday, March 14th, 2008
Stuck!
We spent three days in David, Panama. Our goal was to find a motorcycle shop to fix the steering head problems with Roar’s bike. Also, my bike was starting to get hot and was making rattling noises. We lucked out and ran into an American expat who helped us out tremendously.
Paul lived about twenty five [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Panama by andy
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
More Photos
Where are we now?
We could totally outrun this cop… but we didn’t have to because he was busy on the phone
We found a totally empty beach on our way to Puerto Viejo… we rode our bikes right down to it… Andy had to ride on it and was rewarded with some good exercise [...]
10 Comments » - Posted in Costa Rica, Panama by Roar Flolo
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Bocas del Toro
We spent three days at Bocas, a bunch of tropical jungle covered islands off the northeastern coast of Panama. There is a large expat presence on the main island (El Colon) and a large number of backpackers congregate here. There is a party somewhere every night and the people remind me of the type of [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Panama by andy
Monday, March 10th, 2008
Last part of Coast Rica, Border Crossing
We left Puerto Viejo on a paved two lane highway through the jungle. No shoulders, just jungle ready to encroach upon the road if workers with machetes forgot to keep it back. Sometimes the landscape would open up to reveal large farms of banana trees, making everything seem even more primordial. It was only about [...]
5 Comments » - Posted in Costa Rica, Panama by andy
Monday, March 10th, 2008
Equipment Trouble
We’ve been riding on some pretty nasty stuff and the bikes shake quite a bit on their own being one-cylinder engines. Screws have been falling out of both bikes since we got them and we go over them once in a while to tighten them up. Still, we’ve lost some.
About 2000 miles into our trip [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Nicaragua, Panama by Roar Flolo
Sunday, March 9th, 2008
Costa Rica
This was my second time in Costa Rica and I am still impressed by how nice it is. The country is beautiful, the roads are nice, and people really take pride in their houses, yards, and stores. It’s a nice place and it’s no surprise that so many tourists go there. However, that doesn’t make [...]
