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...
by PeterMurtagh-user | Mar 11, 2023 | Blog
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...
by PeterMurtagh-user | Mar 8, 2023 | Blog
March 8th 2023, Panama City. This is an interesting place. Some random thoughts. In the core of inner city Panama, there are at least three distinct cities. The first is the big, brash, reaching for the skies modern city with its gleaming, glass facade skyscrapers...
