Wed 12 Mar 2008
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Posted by Roar Flolo under Costa Rica, Panama
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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 trying to get his bike out of the sand
My bike on a completely empty beach in Costa Rica
My feet in the Caribbean Ocean for the first time… it felt really good
A crab trying to pinch a hole in my tires in Costa Rica, Andy caught the little bastard but let go when his hand was pinched
Nightlife in Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica…
Andy making his way across the border from Costa Rica to Panama. This shot was taken right after he got unstuck
After taking a wrong turn somewhere we ended up in Los Silencio where the road promptly ended in a river and the locals were giving us the “you are really lost, aren’t you” looks
After parking our bikes and a short boat ride we ended up in Bocas del Toro wandering the streets looking for a place to stay… life sucks without a motorcycle 
Bocas del Toro the tropical island paradise… with lots of people partying like mad…
Bats! Creepy Crawlers! And the end of the tunnel…
We found some really nice roads on our way to David
Crossing these mountains we got rained on a bit
In David, Panama, we rolled up by a hotel to get a room for the night, knowing that our next step would be to find a mechanic. My stearing head was loose and Andy’s fan had quit on us. Outside the hotel a taxi driver comes running up to us, excited because he has a KLR as well and after explaining that we need a mechanic he calls an American expat, Paul, that can help. The next couple of days Paul helps us sort out our problems and soon we’ll be on our way
Andy’s bike all stripped down to get to the broken fan
The broken fan… not much left…
March 12th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
Roar, cada vez que los leo, me sigo asombrando como ustedes!!, que viaje tan maravilloso!!!! gracias por compartir las fotos!!!
March 13th, 2008 at 8:31 am
Takk for mange fine bilder, har printet ut og skal ta med til mormor! Er det ok å ta det litt rolig noen dager, eller blir dere rastløse?
March 13th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Great pictures boys. Im tuning in to your blog every day to catch the latest news from SA! Oh, and Roar, Casper was born two weeks ago
So im having a bit of an adventure these days myself 
March 13th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
Thanks for the beautiful pictures. And good to see you.
March 13th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
congrats, you’re now close to 3000 air miles from home…
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=113455286385524778856.000446cf73facb6624db9&z=5
March 14th, 2008 at 10:04 am
Grattis Colin!!
March 15th, 2008 at 6:16 am
Takker!
March 15th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
It was a good idea to replace the radiator fan, the originals are bad quality. Bad luck, that they were not put in correct.
Sounds like you have some of the problems we had with the KLRs, too.
If you are interested here is a documentation of the repairs we had to do:
March 15th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
http://www.klr650.net/forums/showthread.php?t=28852
March 16th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
Wow, the list of mods you made to your bikes is quite long. we only made a couple of the same changes to our bikes.
Screws were lose when we got the bikes from the dealership and we are constantly having to check to make sure everything is tight. We’ve both had fuses go out and had some mounting problems with our hard cases, usually after hard off road riding. but compared to your list everything has been minor.
thanks for the info, i’ll definitely use it for a reference.