by PeterMurtagh-user | Mar 21, 2023 | Blog
March 19th 2023, Coyolito, Honduras. I was stopped once more by the police in Nicaragua and, on this occasion, they could not have been more pleasant, friendly and professional. I am happy to be able to write that because it proves, again, that even in a society where...
by PeterMurtagh-user | Mar 21, 2023 | Blog
Peter Murtagh in Managua. There is quite a contrast between Central America’s Caribbean and Pacific coasts. With the exception of El Salvador and Belize, all of the other countries of the region — Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala and...
by PeterMurtagh-user | Mar 17, 2023 | Blog
March 13th 2023, Chuita, Costa Rica. When I first heard the noise coming from the woods behind the beach, I thought it was a recording — some sort of piped animal grunting through loudspeakers laid on by the authorities. Part of what one friend termed Costa...
by PeterMurtagh-user | Mar 16, 2023 | Blog
Peter Murtagh at Camp Los Planes, Panama. The defunct army camp at Los Planes, some 460 kilometers west of Panama City has a new lease of life. Notwithstanding the fact that many of its timber clad buildings are literally falling apart, the former military base in the...
by PeterMurtagh-user | Mar 13, 2023 | Blog
Peter Murtagh in Valle de Anton, Panama. Having air freighted myself and the bike across the Darién Gap and explored some of Panama City and the canal (see Tip2Top.ie), I got out of the city after a few days and headed west — the short term goal being Costa Rica...
