Market Day
Well Mike finally got a chance to upload some more pictures, so I’ll fill you in on the wacky and wonderful Guamote market. I think it truly was one of my favorite experiences thus far. As usual the locals woke us up at the butt crack of dawn, though we opted to put in ear … Continue reading
Lonely Planet Sucks!
Well, our plan to bike all the way up the Andes failed, but not for the reason many of you might suspect. My thighs were handling the ascent quite well; in fact, on our first day we made it up to about 6000 feet (around 3000 up from where we started). We made it a … Continue reading
From the Andes to the Amazon
It turns out that our ride from Baños down into the Amazon river basin was not as white-knuckle a ride as the one into Baños. We dropped another couple thousand feet in elevation, but the road was graded nicely. It was also a very scenic route. We started off twisting through mountain roads at the … Continue reading
Laffy Taffy
You wouldn’t think that bitching about the weather would have any impact whatsoever on Mother Nature(or at least not a positive one), but since I wrote my last post (about the cold and the rain and the hail) we’ve had a couple of gorgeous days. It has been nice and sunny…. We’ve been hanging out … Continue reading
Andes Mints!
Okay, so we haven’t had any mints here yet, but the Andes mountains are just as good if not better. The views of snow-capped peaks are amazing. Mostly we’ve been biking around between 9000 and 11500 feet so far. We plan to head south through the mountains for a week or so before taking a … Continue reading
Ho-Hum . . . Not!
I know that I’ve been a bad girl. I haven’t updated the blog in about 2 weeks. Some of you may think that this is because Mike and I are Stateside and we have fewer blog-worthy stories. Not so. Mostly, I haven’t posted because I’ve been so damn busy! We’re used to biking all day, … Continue reading
Bikers Galore!
We left Esteli on Monday morning, having enjoyed a rat-free hotel with a hot water shower. We did a little bit of climbing through the mountains on our bikes first thing, but then we left the hills behind us for a while. We shouldn’t have to do any more climbing until we get to Costa … Continue reading
Badass Bugs and Ruthless Rats
Nicaragua welcomed us with a rainstorm on Friday. The last several miles to the border were all uphill, and we arrived panting and sweating. That didn’t last long though. The moment we got our passports stamped, the sky opened up. We thought about waiting it out, but after a few minutes we decided that it … Continue reading
No Touchy!
After our “Highway of Death” two-day bus trip we were happy to get back on our bikes for a bit. On Tuesday we set off from Guaimaca heading west. The scenery was quite pretty and Mike said that it reminded him of Montana. We were in the mountains winding along roads lined with pine trees. … Continue reading
Highway of Death
First of all, let me apologize for my ridiculous new poll. The question was recently featured on a test Mike and I took for our Nitrox scuba diving class. I realize that you could not possibly begin to know how to answer this question without being scuba certified and having an Equivalent Air Depth (EAD) … Continue reading
Traveling Applejax 