South America 2008

We’re happy in the back of a pickup-truck that gave us a ride from the hot-springs in Gracias, Honduras. They saved us from a 90 minutes walk in pitch-dark wilderness after our taxi abandoned us.

Riding through some new highway construction. We’ve done a lot of miles on this sort of stuff and I’m sure the new highway will be just super when it’s done.

We ran into the Swedes again while stopped in the middle of new highway construction. We went over the maps and got some tips on where to go.

Detour through the forest because the bridge doesn’t exist yet.

We finally made it to Tegucigalpa for some beers and beer snacks. Ulrich had promised they would serve us Guinea pig but all we got was chicken and other normal meats. I guess the new owner has a heart.

Since we didn’t know how to get to the hotel except for which direction to go we got stuck in a dead end and had to hop on the sidewalk and cross this section of a walking-only street. We got stuck on the other side because of some cars and trucks and got busted by the cops. “Don’t do it again…” was all they said before the helped us get through.

Bikes parked at Ulrich’s farm.

View from our sleeping area

Our sleeping accomodations. The beds were hard for sure and the animals wake you up at around 5 in the morning.

At El Jobo junction (population guesstimate in the 50’s). We went there for beer and ice and chilled out with one before heading back. The dog was chilling like no other we’ve seen.

Puppies at the farm

On our way from the farm to Managua

Wonderful Santos in Managua. I highly recommend it.

Olvar’s last night out, we shared a couple of bottles of Nicaraguan Flor de Caña Rum which Nicaraguans claim is the best in the world.

Grenada by Lake Nicaragua. 1 HP in the background… probably 40+ HP up front

Andy and friends

The road from Managua to San Carlos… the last 78 miles were kind of bad… this is a photo of the absolute best part

Andy is very proud of his new Machete!

Up the Rio Frio for our Jungle-Tour

One guy is a real ranger, the other guy is just pretending with his never-used show-off Machete

Killer-ants the size of beetles crawling up my leg. We were told 5 bites would kill you.

Andy getting his bike through customs the Adventure Way ™

First my bike is loaded on to the front of the boat

Then Andy’s is loaded up aft almost crushing the outboard motor

A 90 minute boat ride with our bikes on board, my bag with most of my stuff on it is kind of hanging over the side just attached by a rope with a knot I did.

Stuck at customs in Los Chiles, Costa Rica because we don’t have insurance. Apparently people don’t really cross from Nicaragua to Costa Rica here with motorcycles from California.