Merry Christmas from La Fortuna
We arrived inout Airbnb and recently celebrated our Christmas with our son, Xander and his girlfriend, Daphne. What a difference celebrating in Centro America vs North America. I didn’t feel the need to buy, buy, buy. Here, in La fortuna, there were many celebrations on Christmas Eve rather than Chr...
Rodeo to Birds and Breakfast
We’ve been seeing these toucans in the trees and Fabio had his spotting scope out for us to see the large Tuscan in the tree. Beautiful. we also went for a hike in our day off and hiked in the rain forest. We saw a white faced monkey looking down at us from the tree too and also saw this interesting...
Land in Love to Rodeo place
We left the Land in Love rescue extravaganza and had a lovely ride to our next accommodations. We had an uphill slog to get out of the Vegan Valley but it was really pleasant. beautiful vistas and lots of greenery. E we are getting close to La Fortuna and decided to stay 2 nights at the “rodeo place...
SanJuan to Love Land Vegan place
We hit the road and we’re very happy with the conditions. Some traffic but no large trucks like on the number 1. We had a few climbs and some thrilling downhill stretches where I reached 42.5 km/hour. Generally it was a downhill tour of day and we were happy for that. As we rode along the clouds pus...
Tiny House to San Ramón
WE arrived at our accommodation North of San Ramón. We knew we were going to go to Lafortuna so we picked a house near the hwy 702 to Lafortuna. The caretakers of the tiny house put our bikes in the top of their van, secured them down and off we drive. I showed Patricia the map of where we were stay...
Puntarenas to the Tiny House
What a beautiful morning ride we had. The mornings road was flat and we had a lovely bike lane safely away from the busy traffic. The beach bike lane was punctuated by crashing waves. It was pleasant. There were a few interesting spots along the trail when the lane just stopped suddenly. During the...
Paquera to Puntarenas
We had a nice ferry ride to Puntarenas. It was interesting to see the Nicoyan peninsula fade into the horizon. I think, on my, we were there and we rode our bikes there, over those hills! Waiting for the ferry. Reflections Waiting to get off the ferry. Puntarenas is a depressed old pet town. There a...
Florida to Paquera
We woke up early and hit the road at around 6 am. What a difference starting early. The weather is bearable and the shadows make for comfortable riding. AND there is less traffic. We passed through Tambor and came across the Tambor airport. One runway heading straight for the ocean. You can see the...
AirBnB in Florida
We were unable to get accommodations in Tambor so we opted for a one night in a lovely accommodation near Tambor. A small cross roads called Florida. With the hot weather and the holiday season arriving soon, we were happy to be able to find this place. it was lovely and clean and had an excellent k...
December 1 st 2023
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Playa Carmen to Còbano and tambor
We started out in good time this morning. We knew we had a huge hill coming out of Playa del Carmen and so we wanted to get that done before the heat of the day set in. We were on the road by 7.00 and happy to be getting moving. I know everything sounds so exciting and adventurous but there is a lot...
Playa coyote to playa Carmen
Today was a great day. It’s 7.00 am and I can feel a bead of sweat form between my eyebrows and dribble down to the end of my nose. So starts the day. We ventured out and had a wonderful day full of adventure. 2 River crossings and a beach ride. We enjoyed our stay at Hotel Coyote with lovely pool e...
Coyote
here is what we’ve been up to in our last couple of days. Our last big ride, 37 km, burnt us out and we cycled about 12 km to the next little village and booked in at the monte coyote. A lovely 10 room hotel type of thing. pool and kitchenette. That’s all we really need. Oh yes and a place to sleep!...
Samara and San Miguel
We took a day in Samara to relax. this was, so far, the nicest spot. the beach is tranquil. There are few developments and it is quiet. the last place we were at, Nosara, was very noisy and loads of development. Here it’s very quiet. We stayed in the Bella Vista ( pronounces Vi—ya Beesta Spanish swa...
Nosara to Samara
Our day started off with a lovely filling breakfast of papaya smoothie, fresh fruit and eggs and toast for Bob. I opted for the beans and rice and toast. Very good and excellent fuel for the road. Bob tried to put salt on his eggs and then took the salt shaker apart to take some salt out. It is so h...
Marbella to Rosara
What we learned so far. Don’t trust Komoot We will follow the main roads to avoid water crossing today we left our lovely accommodations, the Marbella Surf Inn and decided to follow the main road. Rte 160 We saw all manner of vehicles. A lot of motor cycles. ATVs lumber trucks paint trucks electrici...
Villareal to Marbella
Had another great day. Stephane, the owner of Antema Lodge, from Montreal, gave us a tip that there was a bike lane for us to follow. Thank you Stephane. it was lovely, safe and out of traffic. Antema lodge pool. Antema Lodge Pura Vide We followed until we took a turn where there was a significant w...
Playa Potrero to Villareal
We started off early, approx7 am in hopes of beating the heat. Not so much. When we were trying to sign in there was no identification, no number or name, on the gate as to what the name was of the accommodation was. Bob managed to contact the woman to let us in. A number of or name tag would have b...
Coco to Playa Potrero
Another day in the books for us. After a disappointing day yesterday today was a success. After a filling breakfast of omelette and fresh fruit, we left coco beach in good time before it got too hot and followed the roadway rather than the shortcut we tried to do yesterday. There was little traffic...
A day To Remember
We started out in good spirits up early, all packed, and ready to go. But things went sideways. The lovely shaded roadway became a gravel road, about the width of a driveway, then slowly became more narrow until we were on a single track path. Not that bad and we continued on for a long as we could,...
Getting comfortable with being uncomfortable
Getting comfortable with being uncomfortable. That’s the theme for today. I was very uncomfortable today. Heat and humidity sucked out all my strength. But I persevered one lonely step in front of the other. This was my view from one of my many rest stops along the way today. The highlight today was...
Arrived safely
We and our bikes arrived safely. As you exit the plane the humidity hits you square in the face. No more, “where’s my toque”. We put our bikes on a trolley and waited to pass thru the security check before actually entry into Costa Rica. Note: don’t keep a banana in your carry on. My bag was flagged...
Montreal airport
Success Our bikes have arrived in Montreal. Looks promising that our bikes will make the connecting flight
Our Adventure Begins
Our adventure begins We arrive at the bus stop in Kentville in good time. The bus pick up is 9:30 but we arrived at around 9:08. We were surprised to see giant highway bus cruise around the corner. we were first on and settled in. comfy seats and easy travel. The driver gave a Hollywood style tour a...
Just about 1 week before we leave
It's that time of the year again when we start thinking about going to somewhere warmer for the winter. We've done a few cycle tours: http://www.cycletropic.travelmap.net and with each one, the excitement never wanes. As we prepare for our next cycling tour, I thought I'd share some thoughts and fee...
2 weeks Before Lift-Off
We have booked our flights and started to get geared up for our next adventure. We had originally decided to travel in 2022 but due to unforseen circumstances we were unable to travel. The great adventure of 2023 has begun. [youtube=N20xTq3UJbQ] [youtube=N20xTq3UJbQ]