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Nicaragua, part II

Nicaragua, part II

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...

Monkey business in the rain forest

Monkey business in the rain forest

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 Rica's...

Los Planes

Los Planes

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...

In the crater of an extinct volcano, there’s a touch of West Cork

In the crater of an extinct volcano, there’s a touch of West Cork

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 and...

My first genuine shakedown

My first genuine shakedown

March 11th, 2023 in Playa Las Lejas, Panama. I had my first shakedown yesterday. It was the real deal. It was done so nicely, I hardly even felt it. This is what happened. I was riding west, along Panama's Highway 1, the Pan American, heading towards the border with...

Crossing the Darién — finally!

Crossing the Darién — finally!

March 7th 2023, Panama City. Anyone travelling across the Americas by land, north to south or, like me, the other way around, faces a major obstacle in the middle. It is known as the Darién Gap -- the gap being the fact that there is no road linking South and Central...

There’s gold, and a lot more besides, in them there hills. . .

There’s gold, and a lot more besides, in them there hills. . .

Puente Linda, February 28th 2023. After my few days with the migrants in Necocli and Capurganá, I made a dash for Bogota, feeling that it was time to progress my own journey into Central America. The road south from the Gulf of Darién was good and passed through some...

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