Originally from America. Proud citizen of Australia. Currently riding my motorcycle around the world. 44 countries so far and counting. ;-)
Costa Rica has been a super fun country to visit let alone ride through by motorcycle. We are loving the Caribbean side of the country so much that we decide to park it for a couple days. When we arrived Puerto Viejo in the south, we managed to “live the dream” and set up camp in our own little hut on the beach. I have always wanted to do this!! ;-)))...
New day, new plan. Time to criss-cross Costa Rica again! It’s kind of fun to wake up in the morning on the Pacific coast and ask “Hey, wanna ride to the east coast today?” Sure, why not!?! One last quick look at the west coast… Crossing to the other side means going over the mountains again. Beauty!! A good part of this ride is looking...
After the flat tire and the sun going down, we managed down the coast to find a hostel in the dark. It’s all about surfing and backpackers at the moment. We were so lucky to find a bed in Playa Jaco. I never heard of it before, but seems everyone else has! This was not the goal destination, however. Kevin “he who always has a plan” Irvine, wants...
The morning we left our little accidental Christian camp cottage in Fortuna starts off with super size iguanas! There is a surplus of these gorgeous reptiles in the trees around the Iguana Restaurant. I looked, none on the menu. Kevin eats his breakfast while I wander.. I learned that the owner of the restaurant brought in several iguanas as his attraction and they...
On around the lake we pull into La Fortuna, Costa Rica, aka Fortuna. We are wanting to camp and we first stopped into a hostel that had camping, and it was full.. Hmm for camping? We went to another and it was full.. for camping? Ok, then we try the hostels for dorm rooms.. FULL.. and another hostel FULL FULL FULL.. gee whiz! Then we venture farther out of town...
Border crossing time, again! Leaving Nicaragua and entering Costa Rica! I offer to do the first lot of paperwork for Nicaragua. I had no idea somebody was taking a photo of me while following. And he commented about ME taking photos while riding in the last post.. hmph! One of my pet peeves about border crossings are the ones that want to spray my bike with...
Last night we caught the beautiful sunset in San Juan del Sur Nicaragua. Then came the job of finding a place to sleep. We went to 2 or 3 hostels. They were pretty bad, even for us. So we started looking at the slightly more expensive places. We ended up a hill with a German man who was intent on selling us a room. There were two problems. The bikes would not...
On to the island Ometepe in Nicaragua! Ometepe is basically made up of 2 volcanoes that rise out of the gigantic Lake Nicaragua. Kevin had done the research and really wanted to go here. There is a road (granted not a good one we hear in some areas) that follows the perimeter of both volcanoes. But first we need to get there by ferry. Discrimination!! The Che...
We’re in!! After 30 something countries on this journey, it’s still exciting to me every time the border officers let me in. They have the power to deny. And then it’s another new country.. new territory for me to explore! After crossing the border to Nicaragua, Mark and I decided to head straight to Granada. It’s Walter...
It probably wouldn’t be a huge surprise after much communication and planning, Mark and I still managed to miss each other on the road in Guatemala to El Salvador. I waited and waited but the time came for me to cross the border alone. Adios Guatemala.. Hola El Salvador!! The process of crossing the border with a motorcycle is always...